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WEBVTT 1 00:00:21.079 --> 00:00:23.620 Greetings and salutations, everyone. It's Chris Wells from Buckingham Fantasy 2 00:00:23.660 --> 00:00:27.899 Baseball Live. Today is Sunday, November 8th, and I'm here 3 00:00:27.940 --> 00:00:31.879 with the great Tim McLeod, who is in beautiful Phoenix, Arizona. 4 00:00:31.920 --> 00:00:34.000 I said beautiful, Tim. I'm assuming it's beautiful. 5 00:00:35.149 --> 00:00:40.969 It has been absolutely gorgeous all weekend. The highs in the, 6 00:00:41.090 --> 00:00:46.439 you know, 78 to 80 degrees, blue skies. It has 7 00:00:46.539 --> 00:00:52.020 just been absolutely wonderful. I could learn to live with 8 00:00:52.060 --> 00:00:57.280 these temperatures and this weather, Rich. I really could. The 9 00:00:57.340 --> 00:00:59.549 only problem with weather on this trip was we ran 10 00:00:59.609 --> 00:01:04.329 into a belt of incredibly bad weather going through Oklahoma. 11 00:01:04.810 --> 00:01:07.349 I saw that. I saw a Facebook post from you. 12 00:01:08.760 --> 00:01:10.040 tornadoes or something. 13 00:01:10.439 --> 00:01:13.500 Yeah it was not good no it was it was 14 00:01:13.599 --> 00:01:16.260 ugly the restaurants when we got into the place we 15 00:01:16.299 --> 00:01:21.920 were staying whether for oklahoma uh yeah smaller community population 16 00:01:21.920 --> 00:01:25.140 10 15 000 whatever yeah all the restaurants were shut 17 00:01:25.200 --> 00:01:28.030 down we just wanted to grab a quick burger so 18 00:01:28.049 --> 00:01:30.129 i think it was burger king we hopped into and 19 00:01:30.519 --> 00:01:32.579 They were mopping up the floor. The rain came down 20 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:35.200 so hard it leaked through the roof and spots. They 21 00:01:35.219 --> 00:01:39.129 were in the process of shutting down for the night. Yeah, 22 00:01:39.310 --> 00:01:44.209 it was ugly. But other than that, no, it's been wonderful. 23 00:01:44.750 --> 00:01:47.930 That's great. That's great. Glad you had good weather. And 24 00:01:48.030 --> 00:01:50.709 we'll talk about some of the games that you've seen. 25 00:01:51.670 --> 00:01:52.230 Yeah. 26 00:01:52.370 --> 00:01:55.769 So I know you had an XFL draft. First of all, 27 00:01:55.829 --> 00:01:59.969 why don't you tell us about that? What is the 28 00:02:00.109 --> 00:02:04.530 XFL and what was your auction draft? 29 00:02:04.590 --> 00:02:10.490 The XFL is, it might be the only, but it 30 00:02:10.610 --> 00:02:15.689 is the longest running dynasty keeper type format in existence. 31 00:02:15.770 --> 00:02:18.750 It's been running for about 25 years and I've had 32 00:02:18.780 --> 00:02:21.199 the pleasure of being a part of it for about seven. 33 00:02:22.219 --> 00:02:27.819 And it's a great cast of players and it's an auction, 34 00:02:29.879 --> 00:02:34.469 I'm just trying to think. It's a salary cap auction 35 00:02:35.430 --> 00:02:41.870 with a, and every November at the first pitch forum, 36 00:02:41.909 --> 00:02:47.789 we fill out our 14 bats and our nine pitchers, less, 37 00:02:47.830 --> 00:02:51.310 of course, our keepers. And then we draft in a 38 00:02:51.370 --> 00:02:56.050 serpentine draft come March and finish our rosters to a 39 00:02:56.069 --> 00:03:02.719 40-man roster in the spring. So it's a constant evolving project. 40 00:03:03.060 --> 00:03:09.460 And I went in with my, we're allowed to keep 15, 41 00:03:09.460 --> 00:03:12.439 and I kept my 15, three of which were prospects. 42 00:03:12.900 --> 00:03:15.219 Which prospects? 43 00:03:15.300 --> 00:03:16.180 Filled out the balance. 44 00:03:17.460 --> 00:03:19.060 What were your three prospects that you kept? 45 00:03:19.740 --> 00:03:26.710 The three prospects that I kept, Jesus Madej. Oh. That's 46 00:03:26.729 --> 00:03:27.770 a rather nice one, I think. 47 00:03:27.789 --> 00:03:28.449 That's a nice one. 48 00:03:29.210 --> 00:03:29.849 Yes. 49 00:03:30.310 --> 00:03:34.479 And the other two, we haven't heard of 0.0 in 50 00:03:34.520 --> 00:03:38.479 a week. Hiroto Saiki and Hiromi Ito. 51 00:03:38.879 --> 00:03:41.159 Oh, gosh. You got two of them. I'm all out. 52 00:03:41.219 --> 00:03:42.039 Of course. 53 00:03:42.319 --> 00:03:44.090 One 0.0 that covers both of them. 54 00:03:44.770 --> 00:03:48.009 I thought I'd get three for that. Wow. 55 00:03:48.469 --> 00:03:49.770 So who are some of the guys that you picked 56 00:03:49.830 --> 00:03:50.610 up at this auction? 57 00:03:51.409 --> 00:03:54.879 Well, I... Because I've got Ito and he's coming over 58 00:03:54.979 --> 00:03:58.139 on a posting, it gives me sort of an extra 59 00:03:58.159 --> 00:04:02.330 pitcher to play around with. So I needed one catcher 60 00:04:03.169 --> 00:04:13.250 because I kept Cooper Engel. Okay. That AL MVP, I'm sorry, IL, 61 00:04:14.210 --> 00:04:17.879 International League MVP. That's still sticking with me. I've got 62 00:04:17.899 --> 00:04:21.269 him for $ 4 at $ 3 increases. So I didn't want 63 00:04:21.290 --> 00:04:23.949 to part with Engel. He's sort of like my fourth prospect. 64 00:04:24.009 --> 00:04:25.769 I'm sorry, what MVP did he win? 65 00:04:27.490 --> 00:04:28.310 International League. 66 00:04:28.910 --> 00:04:31.250 Oh, the International League. Oh, okay. 67 00:04:31.600 --> 00:04:35.519 Yeah, sorry. Yeah, he won the International League. I just 68 00:04:35.560 --> 00:04:37.540 like the head tool so much. So what I did 69 00:04:37.620 --> 00:04:41.899 was I kept Engel, and I added William Contreras for 70 00:04:41.899 --> 00:04:48.110 $ 26 at the auction. And my DH is Joe Mack, 71 00:04:48.129 --> 00:04:50.709 who I picked up for $ 8, who I can slide 72 00:04:50.750 --> 00:04:55.319 into Engel's spot. And when we draft in March, I'll 73 00:04:55.339 --> 00:04:58.660 find the DH. Does that make sense? 74 00:04:59.019 --> 00:05:01.680 Yeah, it does. But do you think, let's go back 75 00:05:01.699 --> 00:05:05.500 to Cooper Engel. I mean, he's a fine player, not 76 00:05:05.540 --> 00:05:09.040
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a ton of power, can hit. But is he going 77 00:05:09.079 --> 00:05:12.379 to get playing time with Patrick Bailey still with two 78 00:05:12.399 --> 00:05:15.279 more seasons in Cleveland? 79 00:05:18.459 --> 00:05:24.199 I believe that based on the organization that he's in, Cleveland, 80 00:05:25.540 --> 00:05:29.660 and his advanced hit tool skills, I think they're going 81 00:05:29.680 --> 00:05:32.300 to find a place for him. And he's catcher eligible 82 00:05:32.360 --> 00:05:38.819 for now. DH, maybe an outfield spot for a space. 83 00:05:38.920 --> 00:05:40.519 I think they're going to find a way to get 84 00:05:41.370 --> 00:05:44.189 a bat of that caliber into their lineup. I'm gambling, 85 00:05:44.930 --> 00:05:48.720 but I don't think Being that I can have him 86 00:05:49.259 --> 00:05:51.870 this year at $ 4, next year at $ 7, the year 87 00:05:51.970 --> 00:05:55.129 after $ 10, I can see what happens this year. Take 88 00:05:55.149 --> 00:05:57.810 a chance, and if it doesn't work out, I move on, right? 89 00:06:00.709 --> 00:06:03.350 Yeah, I'm looking at Patrick Bailey, obviously, is going to 90 00:06:03.389 --> 00:06:07.290 be their guy with the defensive skills. At DH, they've 91 00:06:07.329 --> 00:06:12.259 got Joe Adele. He's still there for next season, right? 92 00:06:13.089 --> 00:06:13.920 I believe so, yes. 93 00:06:14.009 --> 00:06:16.100 He's got MLB service times only four years, so they 94 00:06:16.120 --> 00:06:18.779 got him for another two years. That's actually a nice 95 00:06:18.839 --> 00:06:24.819 pickup for them. I don't know, Tim. We'll have to 96 00:06:24.860 --> 00:06:26.779 see if that one works out for you. Who else 97 00:06:26.800 --> 00:06:27.399 did you pick up? 98 00:06:29.569 --> 00:06:35.949 Matt Olson is my new first baseman. Happy with that. 99 00:06:36.029 --> 00:06:40.040 I paid $ 40, 000 for him, but I needed some power 100 00:06:40.120 --> 00:06:42.920 and I needed both first base and corner infield. And 101 00:06:43.639 --> 00:06:46.500 my first base corner infield is now made up of 102 00:06:46.620 --> 00:06:50.509 Matt Olson and Vinny Pasquantina, who I paid $ 20 for. 103 00:06:51.629 --> 00:06:54.910 I still like Vinny Pasquantina. The date still looks good 104 00:06:54.949 --> 00:06:58.509 on that guy. I'm hoping it was just injuries last season. 105 00:07:00.470 --> 00:07:04.990 Yeah. Then I went cheap on my middle infield. And 106 00:07:06.930 --> 00:07:12.610 Very cheap. How cheap did you go? How cheap did 107 00:07:12.649 --> 00:07:19.759 I go? Mason Wynn for a buck. Okay. Okay. And 108 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:22.560 Anthony Volpe for five bucks. 109 00:07:23.060 --> 00:07:25.180 I still believe in Anthony Volpe. I still do. 110 00:07:26.199 --> 00:07:27.720 Yeah, I figured you'd like that pick. 111 00:07:28.019 --> 00:07:29.379 Yeah, I like that pick a lot. 112 00:07:29.399 --> 00:07:29.740 I mean, I. 113 00:07:31.620 --> 00:07:35.009 Know the New York fans hate him because he didn't 114 00:07:35.029 --> 00:07:38.930 produce and Now they've gone off to the next guy 115 00:07:39.029 --> 00:07:42.000 and George Lombard. I mean, I get it all, but 116 00:07:42.040 --> 00:07:44.209 I still think he still hits the ball pretty hard. 117 00:07:44.240 --> 00:07:47.360 He's still athletic, good speed. I still like the guy. 118 00:07:48.699 --> 00:07:53.800 Yeah, I needed one outfielder, and I picked up a 119 00:07:53.860 --> 00:07:58.160 player that I'm liking early on. I mean, a lot 120 00:07:58.180 --> 00:08:00.899 of it has to do with opportunity. I picked up 121 00:08:00.920 --> 00:08:03.019 Matt Shaw for $ 5. 122 00:08:02.959 --> 00:08:06.620 I think we talked about him at some point. 123 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:09.980 Yeah, the reason I like him is because Ian Happ 124 00:08:10.600 --> 00:08:14.160 and Seiya Suzuki are most likely not going to be back, 125 00:08:14.879 --> 00:08:18.339 giving Matt Shaw a full-time opportunity. The price was right, 126 00:08:20.839 --> 00:08:26.110 but that full-time role combined with what I saw last 127 00:08:26.149 --> 00:08:28.709 year towards the end of the season sort of gives 128 00:08:28.750 --> 00:08:36.389 me hope that Shaw will generate averages. to maybe a 129 00:08:36.450 --> 00:08:41.070 little above average numbers over the full season. So I'm 130 00:08:41.649 --> 00:08:42.730 sort of happy on that draw. 131 00:08:43.750 --> 00:08:46.129 So let's take a look at his data. Still fast, 132 00:08:46.129 --> 00:08:51.190 91 percentile in speed. He doesn't hit the ball that hard. 86.8 133 00:08:51.190 --> 00:08:53.049 miles an hour, but it's got a lot of leverage. 134 00:08:53.110 --> 00:08:56.389 So I think you're probably looking at 15 home runs 135 00:08:56.470 --> 00:08:59.750 with some stolen bases. Now the question is, is he 136 00:08:59.769 --> 00:09:04.139 going to hit? It's a 17 percentile. Strikeout rate, which 137 00:09:04.200 --> 00:09:08.779 is great. A 10.4% walk rate. Let's see how fastballs. 138 00:09:09.539 --> 00:09:13.139 He can hit a breaking pitch. 127 batting average against 139 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:19.200 breaking pitches. So that was 2026, 2027. Excuse me, 25. 140 00:09:19.179 --> 00:09:21.370 It was 207. So it looks like he has trouble 141 00:09:21.379 --> 00:09:26.490 picking up spin. So there's definitely power there. Definitely some speed. Well, 142 00:09:26.549 --> 00:09:32.470 some power. Definitely speed. Good defender. I think it's a 143 00:09:32.549 --> 00:09:35.190 reasonable bet. You could probably get him late in drafts. 144 00:09:35.210 --> 00:09:37.169 I'm assuming you got him fairly late here. 145 00:09:38.830 --> 00:09:46.549 Yeah. Some of the players I capped, there's some flexibility situations, 146 00:09:46.590 --> 00:09:50.720 so I can move people around. If I can get 147 00:09:50.740 --> 00:09:55.440 15-15 out of Matt Shaw as my fifth outfielder, I'll 148 00:09:55.460 --> 00:10:00.450 be very happy at a $ 5 cost. Yeah, sure. Yeah. 149
00:10:00.509 --> 00:10:02.029 I mean, I think you should be able to get 150 00:10:02.029 --> 00:10:03.769 15 solo bases. You're going to get 15 home runs. 151 00:10:04.049 --> 00:10:06.899 I think so. If he gets full-time playing, you should 152 00:10:06.919 --> 00:10:08.899 be able to get that. So, yeah. 153 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:12.279 Yeah. And I had three pitcher slots open. I got 154 00:10:12.320 --> 00:10:17.940 Casey Mize for $ 3. Reese Olsen for $ 3. And Garrett 155 00:10:17.980 --> 00:10:21.259 Whitlock for $ 1. 156 00:10:19.940 --> 00:10:23.759 Wow, okay. So what's your pitching staff in total look like? 157 00:10:25.000 --> 00:10:31.009 In total, it is looking like Yamamoto at $ 10, Logan 158 00:10:31.029 --> 00:10:35.029 Gilbert at $ 19, Cody Ponce at $ 6, Jake. 159 00:10:34.830 --> 00:10:42.200 Bennett at $ 4, Foster Griffin at $ 4, Hiromi Ito from 160 00:10:42.340 --> 00:10:45.980 Japan at $ 1, Casey Mize at three. 161 00:10:46.039 --> 00:10:50.210 Reese Olsen at three. Louis Verland at six. And Whitlock 162 00:10:50.330 --> 00:11:00.870 at $ 8. I'm looking at $ 46. I basically got $ 56 163 00:10:59.330 --> 00:11:00.909 invested in my pitching. 164 00:11:00.990 --> 00:11:04.649 I think you got $ 56 invested in Japanese players. You 165 00:11:04.669 --> 00:11:07.730 got three Japanese players on your team, McLeod. 166 00:11:09.070 --> 00:11:11.009 Three? I got more than that. Oh, that's right. 167 00:11:11.070 --> 00:11:12.649 You got Yamamoto. You got four. 168 00:11:13.440 --> 00:11:17.840 Yamamoto, Ponce, Foster, Griffin. Oh, okay. 169 00:11:18.039 --> 00:11:23.419 All right. So you've got some adopted Japanese players. All right. 170 00:11:23.539 --> 00:11:24.769 That's okay. 171 00:11:24.850 --> 00:11:27.850 I'm giving you extra reason for 0.0, my friend. 172 00:11:27.970 --> 00:11:31.669 Wow. I'm surprised you don't have Okamoto. I know that's 173 00:11:31.730 --> 00:11:32.649 one of your guys, too. 174 00:11:33.370 --> 00:11:36.980 I got sniped. I traded with him last year. I 175 00:11:37.120 --> 00:11:42.759 traded away my first round pick in the March Supplemental Draft, 176 00:11:43.139 --> 00:11:46.139 and Okamoto went in the first round. So I never 177 00:11:46.220 --> 00:11:48.860 even had a shot at him. This year, I have 178 00:11:48.940 --> 00:11:51.600 my third round, and my second, and my third, and 179 00:11:51.639 --> 00:11:54.379 my fourth. I didn't give up any of those picks 180 00:11:55.100 --> 00:12:00.379 this year. Which means I finished fifth. So, yeah, it worked. 181 00:12:00.480 --> 00:12:03.179 Is this the league that you used to have Paul 182 00:12:03.210 --> 00:12:03.730 Skeens in? 183 00:12:04.659 --> 00:12:07.399 Yes, it is. It's the league I traded Paul Skeens 184 00:12:07.440 --> 00:12:07.840 to get. 185 00:12:07.860 --> 00:12:10.059 I hope Hayes is my day. 186 00:12:10.080 --> 00:12:15.090 Yeah, Ewing Madej and Kyle Stowers, yeah. 187 00:12:15.830 --> 00:12:18.769 Yeah, wow. Well, you have the pitching to be able 188 00:12:18.789 --> 00:12:21.549 to trade, so hopefully that all works out. Good? 189 00:12:22.129 --> 00:12:27.549 Yeah, it was fun. It's hard to beat a live auction, Rich. 190 00:12:27.610 --> 00:12:31.740 It really is. It's a lot of work, but it's 191 00:12:31.769 --> 00:12:33.379 also a lot of fun. It really is. 192 00:12:34.110 --> 00:12:36.840 That's great. I'm glad you're able to participate in that live. 193 00:12:36.879 --> 00:12:39.659 So tell us about what's been happening in Arizona. Have 194 00:12:39.700 --> 00:12:43.720 you gone to some games? If so, tell me about 195 00:12:43.740 --> 00:12:44.700 some of the players you've seen. 196 00:12:46.460 --> 00:12:50.529 Some of the players I've seen. Well, it is the 197 00:12:50.970 --> 00:12:54.090 Ty Pete show. Okay. 198 00:12:54.149 --> 00:12:56.830 I thought you said, because I've been sick all week, 199 00:12:56.870 --> 00:12:59.970 but I'm pretty sure I saw something that said Ty Pete. 200 00:13:00.720 --> 00:13:02.879 Guess what Ty Peete just did? I'm assuming he hit 201 00:13:02.919 --> 00:13:06.820 a triple. Because he's got five in the season. Yeah, yeah. 202 00:13:06.840 --> 00:13:10.519 The first at bat. Okay, I see him. I just howled. Okay, 203 00:13:10.559 --> 00:13:13.539 because we just talked about the fact that you saw 204 00:13:13.590 --> 00:13:15.970 him hit, what, two in one game or something like that? 205 00:13:15.990 --> 00:13:18.769 I saw him hit two in one game, but they 206 00:13:18.830 --> 00:13:21.309 rolled the second one a double. I thought that was BS. 207 00:13:21.730 --> 00:13:24.870 Hat falling off. Coming up to second base, it was 208 00:13:24.889 --> 00:13:26.480 the same exact play. 209 00:13:27.309 --> 00:13:32.250 Yeah, he's got a real serious hat problem, okay? Second base. 210 00:13:32.320 --> 00:13:38.220 Him and his cap part, okay, at second base. It's 211 00:13:38.259 --> 00:13:44.070 been the Tai Pichu. It really, really has. I've seen 212 00:13:44.110 --> 00:13:48.070 him twice. The second game, he went one for four, 213 00:13:48.129 --> 00:13:53.250 which doesn't sound that great, but they ruled the same 214 00:13:53.289 --> 00:13:55.340 sort of thing. There was an error on a play 215 00:13:55.360 --> 00:13:58.740 or whatever, but he was one for four with, I think, 216 00:13:58.759 --> 00:14:02.120 a couple runs scored, a home run, five RBIs, and 217 00:14:02.179 --> 00:14:03.240 three stolen bases. 218 00:14:04.460 --> 00:14:08.169 He's got 20 on the season, I think, in 16 games. 219 00:14:08.210 --> 00:14:09.029 I mean, it's crazy. 220 00:14:10.009 --> 00:14:15.029 Well, and last night... Went to the home run derby 221 00:14:15.230 --> 00:14:20.049 just for giggles. And he made the final in the 222 00:14:20.090 --> 00:14:20.789 home run derby. 223 00:14:21.289 --> 00:14:22.720 Yeah. 224 00:14:22.759 --> 00:14:28.480 Like, he was hitting the ball solidly into right field. Like, 225 00:14:28.519 --> 00:14:35.179 we're not
talking 400-plus bombs. But he hits the ball hard. 226 00:14:35.200 --> 00:14:37.019 Hits the ball hard, yeah. He's got great bat. 227 00:14:37.070 --> 00:14:37.379 Very. 228 00:14:37.419 --> 00:14:41.129 Yeah, it's all sitting there. Does he hit enough? That's 229 00:14:41.149 --> 00:14:42.769 what we don't know. But, I mean. 230 00:14:43.070 --> 00:14:43.250 Yeah. 231 00:14:44.080 --> 00:14:45.899 As I told you, I goosed him up and I 232 00:14:46.080 --> 00:14:49.470 never do that after seeing him, after seeing him a 233 00:14:49.509 --> 00:14:52.669 few weeks ago. I'm like, wow. I mean, with this guy, 234 00:14:52.690 --> 00:14:54.250 not that he's come out of nowhere. Cause he was 235 00:14:54.470 --> 00:14:57.409 a supplemental first round pick and he's been hurt a 236 00:14:57.429 --> 00:15:01.669 little bit, but he's just, he's, he's, there's a lot 237 00:15:01.700 --> 00:15:02.759 of upside with that guy. 238 00:15:03.960 --> 00:15:10.629 Yeah. I was really, really impressed. And, uh, Yeah, he's 239 00:15:10.669 --> 00:15:13.470 moved up all of my draft lists in a big way. 240 00:15:13.830 --> 00:15:16.730 As I'm sure anybody who's following what's happening in the fall, 241 00:15:16.750 --> 00:15:19.830 he's definitely the dominant player. Vance Honeycutt, I liked what 242 00:15:19.889 --> 00:15:23.909 I saw. Yeah. Didn't do anything spectacular, but he's cut 243 00:15:23.950 --> 00:15:32.120 down the swing. Okay. Making solid hard contact. Okay. And... 244 00:15:34.179 --> 00:15:36.730 I think he stole one or two bases in one 245 00:15:36.809 --> 00:15:39.950 of the games that I saw him play. He looked 246 00:15:39.970 --> 00:15:42.950 very good. He did not look like a 40% straight-out guy. 247 00:15:43.509 --> 00:15:47.029 Yeah, apparently the Orioles got him to change his swing 248 00:15:47.049 --> 00:15:49.960 the second half of the season. I didn't believe it, 249 00:15:50.250 --> 00:15:52.350 and after I saw him play, he looked a lot 250 00:15:52.389 --> 00:15:53.769 better to me. I agree with you. 251 00:15:54.529 --> 00:16:00.789 Yeah, I wish I'm developing a little bit of lust 252 00:16:00.850 --> 00:16:01.690 for Ike Irish. 253 00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:03.840 He's good, right? He's a good player. 254 00:16:04.379 --> 00:16:07.620 He's a good player, yeah. What do you know about 255 00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:08.659 Aaron Parker? 256 00:16:11.820 --> 00:16:14.539 I wrote him. I think he's, let's see here. 257 00:16:14.559 --> 00:16:16.399 He's in the J system. 258 00:16:16.799 --> 00:16:17.259 Yeah, I know. 259 00:16:18.259 --> 00:16:20.700 Let me see. 260 00:16:20.720 --> 00:16:25.950 I have to call up my, well, I'm not going 261 00:16:25.970 --> 00:16:27.570 to look my notes up. Tell me what you think 262 00:16:28.169 --> 00:16:28.350 of him. 263 00:16:29.610 --> 00:16:32.980 Well, I was looking more or less for, for your thoughts. 264 00:16:33.639 --> 00:16:42.450 He won the home run derby last night. He hit one. Actually, 265 00:16:42.490 --> 00:16:44.870 he only needed to hit two or three in the 266 00:16:44.909 --> 00:16:47.710 final round the way it was set up, but 461 feet. Wow. 267 00:16:47.809 --> 00:16:53.659 I got my notes up. Big power, huge swing and miss. 268 00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:03.100 A highly levered swing. Doesn't hit the ball as hard 269 00:17:03.139 --> 00:17:04.859 as you might think. That's my notes. He did not 270 00:17:04.880 --> 00:17:08.059 make my top 20 for the Blue Jays. I think 271 00:17:08.099 --> 00:17:10.690 he's a little old. I'd have to go back and. 272 00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:14.170 Take a look at that. Yeah, he could be. All 273 00:17:14.309 --> 00:17:19.710 I know is the kid can hit a BP fastball 274 00:17:20.430 --> 00:17:23.009 a mile. A mile and a half, actually. 275 00:17:25.269 --> 00:17:27.950 Well, cool. And the home run derby was at Salt River? 276 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:31.619 Yeah, it was at Talking Stick, yeah. 277 00:17:32.279 --> 00:17:34.700 So did you see my buddy Walvin Francesco? 278 00:17:35.609 --> 00:17:35.809 No. 279 00:17:36.809 --> 00:17:41.170 Yeah, because he's still leading the league in batting average, 280 00:17:41.210 --> 00:17:44.390 and apparently the three games that he didn't play well 281 00:17:44.450 --> 00:17:46.579 in were the three games I saw him in. Every 282 00:17:46.599 --> 00:17:49.960 other game, he's just been terrific. So I'm assuming you'll 283 00:17:49.980 --> 00:17:52.319 see him tonight. He should play the game tonight. 284 00:17:53.180 --> 00:17:57.380 Yeah, I haven't seen Miller. I haven't seen Walcott. Uh, 285 00:17:57.769 --> 00:18:02.910 actually I've seen, uh, two games at Peoria and one, uh, two, 286 00:18:03.049 --> 00:18:09.910 two at Peoria and one in Scottsdale. Uh, but again, uh, I, 287 00:18:10.430 --> 00:18:13.119 you know, Walcott was sitting the one game Miller. I 288 00:18:13.160 --> 00:18:15.779 think hope has gone home. I think he's, uh, I 289 00:18:15.799 --> 00:18:24.660 think he's, uh, for the folly. Uh, I absolutely, you know, uh, 290 00:18:26.019 --> 00:18:34.769 We were talking about driving in Phoenix. No, I. 291 00:18:35.130 --> 00:18:35.730 Not any better? 292 00:18:37.789 --> 00:18:40.759 Oh, dear Lord. An hour and a half to go 293 00:18:40.819 --> 00:18:43.319 from our hotel to Peoria. 294 00:18:43.700 --> 00:18:44.500 Yeah, it's terrible. 295 00:18:45.359 --> 00:18:51.640 Oh, it was just absolutely brutal. I think I spent. 296 00:18:51.660 --> 00:18:54.559 You're staying at the Mesa complex in You haven't mentioned 297 00:18:54.579 --> 00:18:56.779 going to a game at Mesa yet, so I'm assuming 298 00:18:56.799 --> 00:18:57.759 there's no games there. 299 00:18:58.880 --> 00:19:01.420 Yeah, timing is everything. There's no games here. There's a 300 00:19:01.460 --> 00:19:06.680 beautiful park sitting, Sloan is sitting right beside us. And 301 00:19:06.740 --> 00:19:12.309 it's sitting there, not being used this week. So, again, 302 00:19:12.680 -->
00:19:16.130 I guess the best laid plans of mice and men. But, yeah, 303 00:19:16.230 --> 00:19:20.329 it's a long drive at rush hour on that loop. 304 00:19:20.960 --> 00:19:24.579 go into games. Anybody who's looking at visiting Arizona for 305 00:19:24.740 --> 00:19:31.660 Fall League Baseball, I would highly recommend don't even... If 306 00:19:31.680 --> 00:19:36.609 you're looking at a night game, try and stay close 307 00:19:36.630 --> 00:19:40.309 to home. It can be very frustrating sitting in your 308 00:19:40.349 --> 00:19:43.390 car twiddling your thumbs going five miles an hour on 309 00:19:43.549 --> 00:19:45.849 an eight-lane freeway, right? 310 00:19:46.630 --> 00:19:48.789 One of the things that I didn't bring up when 311 00:19:48.809 --> 00:19:51.900 we last talked about... my visit to the Fall League 312 00:19:51.960 --> 00:19:54.680 was at our hotel, the same one you're staying at, 313 00:19:55.220 --> 00:20:00.460 the Waymo, the driverless cabs were plentiful. I don't know, 314 00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:03.019 have you seen any of the Waymo cabs running around 315 00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:06.180 where there's no driver? And if so, isn't that weird? 316 00:20:06.920 --> 00:20:12.339 It is. It is weird, you know. I think the 317 00:20:12.359 --> 00:20:17.609 first time I pulled up beside one, okay, at an intersection. Well, 318 00:20:17.849 --> 00:20:20.049 you're sitting there, okay, and you're looking at trying to 319 00:20:20.109 --> 00:20:22.420 race this thing. There's no driver. Nothing to shoot you 320 00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:25.160 in the finger. Nothing to wave at you. Nothing. 321 00:20:25.180 --> 00:20:27.220 Yeah, it's, you know. 322 00:20:28.980 --> 00:20:31.730 I'm all about, yeah, I don't have any problems about 323 00:20:31.809 --> 00:20:35.029 looking to the future and how technology will help, because 324 00:20:35.049 --> 00:20:38.410 I don't understand it, and I do utilize it properly, 325 00:20:38.430 --> 00:20:41.809 but I don't have any fundamental problems with it, excepting 326 00:20:42.569 --> 00:20:48.579 these driverless vehicles, okay? I just, I'd rather have somebody 327 00:20:48.640 --> 00:20:51.259 I can talk to in the front seat, okay? Give 328 00:20:51.279 --> 00:20:53.880 them a five-buck tip or whatever, and away we go. 329 00:20:54.319 --> 00:20:56.769 The idea of an empty vehicle pulling up on the 330 00:20:56.809 --> 00:20:59.460 curb to pick me up and drive me, no. I 331 00:20:59.509 --> 00:21:02.170 have visions of the doors locking and this guy driving 332 00:21:02.210 --> 00:21:04.650 into a lake somewhere. Sorry, not for me, Rich. 333 00:21:05.349 --> 00:21:07.789 I got to tell you, man, the technology has gotten 334 00:21:07.809 --> 00:21:11.549 to be so good. Let's just face it. The driverless 335 00:21:11.589 --> 00:21:16.789 cars are much more safer than driver-led cars. They've got 336 00:21:16.809 --> 00:21:19.329 all the technology around them that they can avoid stuff. 337 00:21:22.349 --> 00:21:25.829 It's going to be fascinating. We probably won't see it, 338 00:21:25.900 --> 00:21:29.779 but the next two or three generations, kids won't learn 339 00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:32.400 to drive. I mean, everything will be driverless. 340 00:21:33.380 --> 00:21:35.920 Yeah, the Jetsons is real. 341 00:21:36.380 --> 00:21:38.920 Yeah, it really is. Timmy, let's take a break and 342 00:21:38.980 --> 00:21:41.579 come back. I've got some more questions for you, including 343 00:21:41.619 --> 00:21:42.880 did you see anybody you didn't like? 344 00:21:42.900 --> 00:21:44.740 We'll be right back. 345 00:21:55.529 --> 00:21:59.079 While you were having fun in Arizona, I've been fighting 346 00:21:59.130 --> 00:22:02.940 a horrible cold. So I apologize to everybody if you 347 00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:06.339 hear me hacking and stuff like that. It's been tough, Tim. 348 00:22:06.599 --> 00:22:10.359 I don't know how. We took our granddaughter to like 349 00:22:10.420 --> 00:22:14.349 a play area museum thing last Sunday instead of doing that. 350 00:22:14.369 --> 00:22:16.950 So we did the podcast on Saturday, which free me 351 00:22:17.009 --> 00:22:19.869 up to go hang out with her. And then two 352 00:22:19.910 --> 00:22:23.450 or three days later, I got something from either her 353 00:22:23.470 --> 00:22:26.289 or one of the other cruddy kid that was at 354 00:22:26.329 --> 00:22:29.809 the place and it's just uh i mean it's just 355 00:22:29.829 --> 00:22:32.009 been brutal i mean i've never i i can't remember 356 00:22:32.049 --> 00:22:33.829 last time i had a cold that this one that 357 00:22:33.869 --> 00:22:35.890 was this bad i've just not been able to. 358 00:22:35.869 --> 00:22:38.869 Do anything well yeah i've known you a long time 359 00:22:38.910 --> 00:22:40.829 and i've never heard you laid up with a cold 360 00:22:40.930 --> 00:22:43.230 for you know an extended period i was thinking all 361 00:22:43.269 --> 00:22:45.390 the time i've known you and you know you can 362 00:22:45.410 --> 00:22:47.910 blame it on the kids you know the worst month 363 00:22:47.970 --> 00:22:50.430 for colds in our neck of the woods is september 364 00:22:51.400 --> 00:22:53.140 And I think the reason for it is all the 365 00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:55.630 kids are outside, they're playing, they're having a good time 366 00:22:55.690 --> 00:22:59.970 all summer, they're bonding. And then they go back to school, okay? 367 00:23:00.309 --> 00:23:02.750 They all get in tightly packed little rooms and they 368 00:23:02.789 --> 00:23:05.170 share their bugs and they bring them home to parents, right? 369 00:23:05.269 --> 00:23:12.720 And it's crazy. Kids get sick, right? And they love 370 00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:15.240 to share it with their parents and grandparents. That's just 371 00:23:15.660 --> 00:23:16.779 the way it is, I guess, right? 372 00:23:17.150 --> 00:23:19.269 So it was funny. We had– Laurie and I are 373 00:23:19.289 -->
00:23:21.190 members of a couple of social clubs around here. One 374 00:23:21.210 --> 00:23:23.470 of them is kind of a fun social club. The 375 00:23:23.490 --> 00:23:25.509 other is a bit of a– what's the right way 376 00:23:25.529 --> 00:23:28.250 to say it? A blue blood. I mean it's kind 377 00:23:28.289 --> 00:23:32.460 of stuffy one. And they were having a singer that 378 00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:36.079 we like a lot. They're performing a dinner kind of thing. 379 00:23:36.599 --> 00:23:38.539 So I said, oh, I'd love to go. And Laurie goes, 380 00:23:38.660 --> 00:23:41.299 you can't go in there coughing with all these old people. 381 00:23:41.680 --> 00:23:45.500 You're going to kill somebody. I'm like, oh. I'm like, 382 00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:47.259 you're going to get thrown out of the club. I'm like, yeah, 383 00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:49.059 you're probably right. So I didn't get the chance to 384 00:23:49.099 --> 00:23:51.279 go to that. And then I didn't get a chance 385 00:23:51.299 --> 00:23:53.200 to go to church this morning because she goes, there's 386 00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:54.990 a lot of old people at church. You're going to 387 00:23:55.069 --> 00:23:58.289 kill somebody there. I'm like, golly. So all I've been 388 00:23:58.549 --> 00:24:01.130 sitting home and coughing into my computer. So that's what 389 00:24:01.170 --> 00:24:01.890 I've been doing. 390 00:24:04.450 --> 00:24:06.690 Doesn't sound like a lot of fun to me, my friend. 391 00:24:06.930 --> 00:24:10.940 It is not. So did you see anybody that you went, oh, 392 00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:12.559 that's not good. 393 00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:19.269 Uh, I, I can't remember the names, but I did 394 00:24:19.369 --> 00:24:22.990 see some batters that were height challenged that I thought 395 00:24:23.029 --> 00:24:24.670 was interesting. 396 00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:27.319 Uh, yeah. 397 00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:33.240 Short, short batters. Yeah. There's only so much room for 398 00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:36.779 Jose Altuve's in the game, okay? I can't remember who 399 00:24:36.880 --> 00:24:40.680 the hitters were, but there were a couple, five, six guys. 400 00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:42.829 And as far as players that I didn't like, I 401 00:24:42.880 --> 00:24:45.630 saw countless players I didn't like, and they were all 402 00:24:45.670 --> 00:24:48.930 middle relievers, okay? Yeah. 403 00:24:49.630 --> 00:24:50.069 Yeah. 404 00:24:51.690 --> 00:24:55.920 Pitching in this league has always been questionable. You know, 405 00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:58.740 there have been over the years some very, very good pitchers. 406 00:24:58.799 --> 00:25:02.779 I think Max Scherzer pitched it. in the Arizona Fall League. 407 00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:06.900 Marcus Stroman was here. Garrett Cole was here. Danny Holson. 408 00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:09.630 There's been good pitchers, but for the most part. 409 00:25:09.650 --> 00:25:12.289 Danny Holson wasn't very good to him. He never made it. 410 00:25:13.150 --> 00:25:17.890 Well, no, he was good up until his pro debut. 411 00:25:17.910 --> 00:25:18.150 That's right. 412 00:25:18.170 --> 00:25:20.750 He was highly rated. Yeah, third overall pick, yeah. 413 00:25:21.329 --> 00:25:22.970 So did you see... I'm. 414 00:25:22.730 --> 00:25:26.750 Assuming you didn't see Roby or Harden on the scene. 415 00:25:26.769 --> 00:25:27.799 They'll probably pitch tonight. 416 00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:31.029 They are. Yeah, I would think they'll probably pitch tonight, yeah. 417 00:25:31.470 --> 00:25:35.009 But it's just middle reliever after middle reliever, and I 418 00:25:35.109 --> 00:25:41.720 get it. But it's like a big sort of merry-go-round. 419 00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:45.680 There was one kid in Cleveland that I can't find 420 00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:48.319 the lineup card or I wouldn't have mentioned, but he 421 00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:51.339 was interesting. He had a clean inning, and he was 422 00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:52.339 pitching in the mid-90s, and. 423 00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:57.170 It looked like he knew what was happening, but for 424 00:25:57.190 --> 00:26:00.250 the most part, there's just a slew of middle reliever, 425 00:26:00.349 --> 00:26:03.730 any of your types with 90 mile an hour fastballs. 426 00:26:04.150 --> 00:26:07.720 And yeah, it's just the way it is. 427 00:26:09.119 --> 00:26:11.460 So let's talk about some of the fun stuff. Um, 428 00:26:11.640 --> 00:26:13.619 I know you met up with some, I think you 429 00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:16.349 met up with some of our listeners. Tell us, tell 430 00:26:16.410 --> 00:26:17.069 us about that. 431 00:26:18.369 --> 00:26:22.619 Yeah, I ran into an old friend of yours, Jeff Thompson, 432 00:26:22.630 --> 00:26:25.779 a longtime listener to the show, an incredibly nice man. 433 00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:31.420 He mentioned something about a Jose Altuve bobblehead or something. 434 00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:33.200 But anyhow, he wanted to say hi. I have a. 435 00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:37.490 Jose Altuve bobblehead, several Jose Altuve trading cards, but I 436 00:26:38.410 --> 00:26:43.730 still have the bobbleheads. What are they called? Bobbleheads. Bobbleheads. 437 00:26:43.809 --> 00:26:48.269 I see only bobbleheads. I think I own another one 438 00:26:48.309 --> 00:26:52.269 other bobblehead and through all of our moves, it's made 439 00:26:52.289 --> 00:26:56.369 it all of our downsizing. The Jose Altuve bobblehead has 440 00:26:56.410 --> 00:26:57.009 stayed with us. 441 00:26:58.069 --> 00:27:01.049 That is awesome. But no, a very, very nice gentleman. 442 00:27:01.910 --> 00:27:05.109 Still a regular listener to the show after all these years, 443 00:27:05.190 --> 00:27:11.910 which is cool. Ran into probably 10, 12 different people. 444 00:27:12.329 --> 00:27:15.009 And I wasn't wearing a name tag. Okay. I never 445 00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:19.720 bothered with that. I'm, I, I, the first two sessions 446 00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:21.759
that I attended at the, at the fall forum where 447 00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:24.289 they were today. And it's been going on since Thursday. 448 00:27:24.349 --> 00:27:27.150 I'm more of a social butterfly, whatever. But so I 449 00:27:27.190 --> 00:27:30.240 wasn't wearing the ID, but people had come up to me. 450 00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:33.720 I'd be talking to somebody and I'd get a tap 451 00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:37.230 on the shoulder and, are you Tim McLeod? And that's 452 00:27:37.289 --> 00:27:41.210 sort of, that's sort of cool. Just voice recognition. But there's, there's, 453 00:27:41.230 --> 00:27:44.029 there's a lot of people out here that listen to 454 00:27:44.069 --> 00:27:48.130 the podcast on a, on a regular basis. And it 455 00:27:48.170 --> 00:27:50.890 was nice to run into these folk and shoot the 456 00:27:50.950 --> 00:27:55.089 breeze and, and have, you know, have some, have, have 457 00:27:55.130 --> 00:27:58.299 some fun. So I want to thank all of the 458 00:27:59.119 --> 00:28:02.339 old new listeners, uh, at least to me that, uh, 459 00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:06.440 I spent some time with, uh, this weekend, uh, You. 460 00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:08.720 Watched a game with Robbie Thayer, who's one of our 461 00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:10.140 Patreon guys. Nice guy. 462 00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:17.480 An incredibly nice human being. Yeah, he came across from 463 00:28:17.509 --> 00:28:19.849 San Diego and we've got two or three games. We 464 00:28:19.950 --> 00:28:22.369 went to breakfast. We're going for supper tonight. He's heading 465 00:28:22.390 --> 00:28:29.809 back tomorrow. Are you paying? Yes, sirree. 466 00:28:29.829 --> 00:28:32.069 Good for you. Gotta keep our listeners happy. 467 00:28:33.049 --> 00:28:36.630 Well, yeah, I'll expense it next week. 468 00:28:37.390 --> 00:28:38.910 I expect Burger King. 469 00:28:39.569 --> 00:28:40.009 What's that? 470 00:28:40.029 --> 00:28:42.230 I expect Burger King then. 471 00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:48.740 Burger King is fine. No, Rob, just a wonderful human being. 472 00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:52.220 We've had a lot of fun, and it's been a great, 473 00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:55.900 great time. It really has. And you know what? How 474 00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:59.619 can you not like a guy... that laughs at all 475 00:28:59.660 --> 00:29:00.799 your jokes. Okay. 476 00:29:00.819 --> 00:29:04.559 Like, yeah, it's, it's, he's being kind. 477 00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:09.789 Yeah. I, I thought, you know, for a, for a second, 478 00:29:09.809 --> 00:29:12.119 there might've been a pity laugh in there. Okay. 479 00:29:12.210 --> 00:29:14.730 He's probably back, you know, when he's calling back home 480 00:29:14.769 --> 00:29:16.630 to talk to his wife, he's like, Oh my God, 481 00:29:16.670 --> 00:29:20.329 I got a laugh at Tim McCloud's jokes. Yeah. 482 00:29:20.930 --> 00:29:22.930 One more day and I'll be home on one more. 483 00:29:22.789 --> 00:29:28.460 Day of this, of this clown. Yep, there we go. 484 00:29:28.549 --> 00:29:29.609 What's the best meal you've had? 485 00:29:29.609 --> 00:29:36.349 Best meal that we've had is, I'm just trying to think. 486 00:29:36.349 --> 00:29:40.410 uh so far we're going to burial queen tonight which 487 00:29:40.490 --> 00:29:41.829 is one of my favorite spots. 488 00:29:41.829 --> 00:29:43.910 Oh you keep talking about that that's the time. 489 00:29:43.710 --> 00:29:48.420 Yeah yeah yeah everything's handmade but the best meal so 490 00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:51.740 far is we stopped for lunch uh at the big 491 00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:58.400 texan steakhouse in amarillo oh wow and it's It's been 492 00:29:58.440 --> 00:30:01.880 in a couple movies over the years, and it's renowned 493 00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:05.559 for its 72-ounce steak and all the trimmings. If you 494 00:30:05.599 --> 00:30:09.099 can eat it in an hour, it's free, okay? 495 00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:10.880 Oh, I've heard of places like that. 496 00:30:10.940 --> 00:30:11.259 Wow. 497 00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:15.900 Did you get the 72-ounce, or did you... No. 498 00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:20.460 They didn't have a deal on a 7.2-ounce, okay, which 499 00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:23.910 was more to my consumption level. No, but we had... 500 00:30:25.140 --> 00:30:27.680 it was just a quick stop on our way through 501 00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:34.089 for lunch and we prime rib sandwiches. And yeah, it's, it's, 502 00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:37.200 it's a wonderful place. We're going to stop there, uh, 503 00:30:37.269 --> 00:30:40.509 way back. But if you're into cow at all, this 504 00:30:40.569 --> 00:30:44.390 place has some of the finest cooked cattle I've ever 505 00:30:44.430 --> 00:30:46.509 had the pleasure of eating. So that, that would be our, 506 00:30:46.690 --> 00:30:49.309 that would be our best choice so far. And I 507 00:30:49.349 --> 00:30:52.230 got to give a shout out to Matt's big breakfast here. Uh, 508 00:30:52.819 --> 00:30:56.539 Love the place. They bring, bring it out on. Yeah. 509 00:30:56.640 --> 00:30:59.799 It looks like about the size of a hubcap. Okay. 510 00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:02.500 Your meal, lots of food. Very, very good quality. 511 00:31:04.880 --> 00:31:06.900 Would you get sweet or savory? I mean, what did 512 00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:11.869 you get for breakfast there? Uh, lots. Uh, both. 513 00:31:11.970 --> 00:31:12.250 Yes. 514 00:31:12.650 --> 00:31:13.150 Or yes. 515 00:31:13.829 --> 00:31:18.369 Yeah. Just, yeah, it was really good. Anyway, I went 516 00:31:18.390 --> 00:31:21.130 to this one restaurant and I was totally disappointed. Oh, okay. 517 00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:26.640 Because I went there specifically because I thought they had 518 00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:32.420 a one-legged waitress. Okay. And I got into the place 519 00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:34.779 and I was sort of disappointed. How can you name 520 00:31:34.859 --> 00:31:39.150 a business IHOP, okay, if you don't have a one-legged waitress? 521
00:31:39.269 --> 00:31:41.950 Oh, jeez. I'm not even giving you a rim shot. 522 00:31:42.650 --> 00:31:45.710 There's something politically incorrect about that. I'm not exactly sure 523 00:31:45.750 --> 00:31:46.309 what it is. 524 00:31:48.170 --> 00:31:50.490 Okay. Now that I've offended half. 525 00:31:50.250 --> 00:31:54.569 Of our audience. Listen, that's okay. What is it? 526 00:31:54.599 --> 00:31:58.230 They'll forgive me, I hope. 527 00:31:58.269 --> 00:32:00.130 What do you call a guy with no arms and 528 00:32:00.150 --> 00:32:04.069 no legs that's on your stoop? Bobby Bob and Matt 529 00:32:04.089 --> 00:32:05.230 and all that kind of stuff. 530 00:32:05.789 --> 00:32:07.470 Yeah, exactly. 531 00:32:08.109 --> 00:32:11.140 We taught all those jokes in high school or junior high, probably. 532 00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:12.279 All right, Timmy. 533 00:32:12.299 --> 00:32:13.859 Maybe I should have graduated. 534 00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:16.539 There you go. Did you win any money at the casinos? 535 00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:22.460 Oh, yes. Yeah, we won a little bit. I'm assuming 536 00:32:22.720 --> 00:32:24.059 the IRS is not listening. 537 00:32:24.339 --> 00:32:25.779 So, but you, you want the what? 538 00:32:25.819 --> 00:32:26.039 Good. 539 00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:32.039 Yeah, no. And Jody is thoroughly disgusted with me because 540 00:32:32.059 --> 00:32:34.039 we would sit down at a couple of machines and 541 00:32:34.079 --> 00:32:37.369 she would play it and she'd put 20 bucks and 542 00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:40.450 she put 30 bucks in and absolutely nothing. And I'd 543 00:32:40.470 --> 00:32:43.170 sit down beside her and have fun and take a 544 00:32:43.190 --> 00:32:47.869 hundred bucks out of it and move on. Hey, so, uh, yeah, she, 545 00:32:47.930 --> 00:32:51.230 she's not all that happy with me. Apparently, She doesn't 546 00:32:51.269 --> 00:32:56.009 like the fact that she's my good luck charm, whatever. 547 00:32:56.130 --> 00:33:00.490 So it's nice that she can donate so that I 548 00:33:00.549 --> 00:33:03.690 can better our situation. 549 00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:07.619 So you're up and she's down. So you're balancing each 550 00:33:08.140 --> 00:33:11.980 other out. So the car is a little up. Is 551 00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:14.279 the car a little up together or a little down? 552 00:33:17.539 --> 00:33:20.359 I think we're up about $ 300, $ 400, something like that. 553 00:33:20.380 --> 00:33:20.920 There you go. 554 00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:23.559 Yeah, exactly. 555 00:33:23.579 --> 00:33:27.769 No wonder you can pay for Robbie's meal tonight. That's good. 556 00:33:28.150 --> 00:33:31.869 So has Jody gone to any of the games? Does 557 00:33:31.890 --> 00:33:32.849 she like baseball? 558 00:33:36.450 --> 00:33:41.710 Likes, yes. Learning more about the game on a regular basis. Yeah, 559 00:33:41.910 --> 00:33:45.680 you've been to what, two games? Yeah. Yeah, two games. Yeah, 560 00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:49.079 Jody just came in. She's got her shopping done. She's smiling. 561 00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:51.480 She's happy. I'm assuming the car is in one piece 562 00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:54.819 and it's full of gas. Right, hon? Hell no, she says. 563 00:33:54.940 --> 00:33:55.759 We'll talk later. 564 00:33:56.640 --> 00:33:59.430 Is gas more expensive in Phoenix or cheaper? 565 00:34:01.789 --> 00:34:05.069 It's expensive. It's $ 4. 566 00:34:03.549 --> 00:34:04.309 50. 567 00:34:04.309 --> 00:34:06.349 That's more expensive. 568 00:34:07.849 --> 00:34:08.389 Than you pay up in Canada? 569 00:34:08.409 --> 00:34:17.679 It's... it's gotta be close. Uh, the price of gas 570 00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:20.659 from Minnesota all the way through the only spots that 571 00:34:20.699 --> 00:34:24.800 we saw it pretty well under $ 4, uh, you know, 572 00:34:24.869 --> 00:34:27.289 three 89, three nine. It was the Oklahoma area. 573 00:34:27.309 --> 00:34:28.969 Yeah. Yeah. 574 00:34:29.630 --> 00:34:32.369 And the three 50 range, but for the most part, 575 00:34:32.469 --> 00:34:36.550 it's $ 4, four to four 50 a gallon for the, 576 00:34:36.829 --> 00:34:40.130 for the bulk of the trip. So it's expensive. 577 00:34:40.610 --> 00:34:44.110 When I, when, when people ask me if Lori likes baseball, uh, 578 00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:47.820 The answer is yes, until she asks me a question. 579 00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:51.659 She'll go, is this player any good? And eight minutes later, 580 00:34:51.739 --> 00:34:54.750 after I've given her a gazillion stat lines and stuff, 581 00:34:54.769 --> 00:34:57.110 where she'll look at me and go, can I ask 582 00:34:57.150 --> 00:35:02.989 a question again? Is this player any good? It's like, okay, yeah, 583 00:35:03.050 --> 00:35:04.610 short answer, yes or no. 584 00:35:06.289 --> 00:35:11.730 I can relate. We did have an interesting experience Tuesday night. 585 00:35:13.610 --> 00:35:20.429 Last Tuesday, we stayed just outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico, okay? 586 00:35:22.409 --> 00:35:26.090 And we go to check in, and the lobby is 587 00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:31.260 swarming with people. Not only is it swarming with people, 588 00:35:31.300 --> 00:35:40.969 like I'm talking not 20, 30, I'm talking hundreds of people, okay? Apparently, 589 00:35:41.030 --> 00:35:45.960 the hotel... that I picked to stay in that night, 590 00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:51.280 was also the home to the reception for the new 591 00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:53.489 governor for New Mexico. 592 00:35:54.210 --> 00:35:54.650 Oh, okay. 593 00:35:55.750 --> 00:36:01.230 Okay, so the place was just packed with people. I 594 00:36:01.309 --> 00:36:09.599 saw more cops, okay. in about a 300-square-foot area than 595 00:36:09.639 --> 00:36:12.840 I've ever seen in my life. Lots of security, lots 596 00:36:12.909 --> 00:36:16.190 of people, but it was the whole site for the 597 00:36:16.329 --> 00:36:19.030 new governor of New Mexico who was giving her speech 598 00:36:19.170 --> 00:36:23.150 and
all the congratulatory goodies that go along with it. 599 00:36:23.269 --> 00:36:24.690 So that was sort of different. 600 00:36:25.250 --> 00:36:25.789 Oh, that's cool. 601 00:36:25.829 --> 00:36:28.309 Yeah, I stayed at a hotel. 602 00:36:27.869 --> 00:36:30.650 Two years ago when I was there. It was right 603 00:36:30.670 --> 00:36:33.510 around election time as well, and there was some local 604 00:36:33.570 --> 00:36:35.760 yokel It might have been not a local yoke. It 605 00:36:35.780 --> 00:36:38.480 might have been a guy who was running for– I 606 00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:40.440 think he lost, though. He was staying at the hotel 607 00:36:40.519 --> 00:36:43.280 I stayed at. And there was a lot of activity 608 00:36:43.320 --> 00:36:45.880 about 5 o'clock in the afternoon. But when I came 609 00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:48.460 back after the game, there was very few people there. 610 00:36:48.500 --> 00:36:49.550 So I'm assuming he lost. 611 00:36:50.820 --> 00:36:53.849 Yeah, he bought everybody supper and then went home, right? 612 00:36:53.889 --> 00:36:57.849 Went home. So the loser speech. Timmy, let's take another 613 00:36:57.889 --> 00:37:00.230 break and come back. And let's finish up our little 614 00:37:00.269 --> 00:37:01.619 draft that we've had going on. 615 00:37:03.619 --> 00:37:05.159 Yeah, round five sounds good. 616 00:37:09.239 --> 00:37:20.050 Yep. So last week we took a break and we 617 00:37:20.289 --> 00:37:22.730 talked about all of the free agents and we haven't 618 00:37:22.750 --> 00:37:24.929 had any free agents signing. So I think I saw 619 00:37:25.340 --> 00:37:29.440 Jose Tinha got picked up by the Guardians, I believe. 620 00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:32.800 So he was... Okay. A little small trade or a 621 00:37:32.820 --> 00:37:35.219 pickup there, which I thought was interesting. I still kind 622 00:37:35.260 --> 00:37:38.440 of like that player. But I'm still expecting here in 623 00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:41.139 the next three weeks that we're going to have guys signed. 624 00:37:42.619 --> 00:37:45.280 Yeah, I'm starting to hear some grumblings that the teams 625 00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:52.119 might be in a... taking the position that we're not 626 00:37:52.159 --> 00:37:55.719 going to do very much heading into December. But. 627 00:38:00.510 --> 00:38:02.190 It's still very, very early. 628 00:38:02.309 --> 00:38:05.170 Oh, so they don't want to give the advantage to 629 00:38:05.190 --> 00:38:07.949 the players that are signing. They want to make it 630 00:38:08.010 --> 00:38:10.889 more difficult for those free agent, maybe to put some 631 00:38:10.969 --> 00:38:14.000 pressure on getting back to business. Interesting. 632 00:38:14.159 --> 00:38:18.099 Yeah. The games we play, right? 633 00:38:18.900 --> 00:38:21.659 Yeah. Well, I mean, that does make some level of sense. I, 634 00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:24.500 I get it from the owner standpoint. I thought the, 635 00:38:24.559 --> 00:38:29.820 the owner's offering,
offering to push off, um, The talk 636 00:38:29.860 --> 00:38:36.289 about a salary cap until 2028, that wasn't going to 637 00:38:36.309 --> 00:38:38.610 go anywhere. I don't think it has. 638 00:38:38.989 --> 00:38:41.349 No, I don't think a cap is going to go 639 00:38:41.429 --> 00:38:46.929 anywhere at all, period. I think it could potentially be very, 640 00:38:47.170 --> 00:38:52.789 very long haul, Rich. I hope I'm wrong, but I 641 00:38:52.849 --> 00:38:57.269 think this could get exceptionally and extremely ugly before it's done. 642 00:38:57.860 --> 00:39:00.659 Well, if it does, Timmy, we're going to be talking 643 00:39:00.699 --> 00:39:04.269 a lot about where Tim had dinner. What did he 644 00:39:04.289 --> 00:39:08.150 have on his burger? That's going to be our podcast. 645 00:39:10.510 --> 00:39:13.170 Rich, I'll hold a spot for you in my KBO 646 00:39:13.210 --> 00:39:14.369 Fantasy League. How's that? 647 00:39:14.630 --> 00:39:17.389 Oh, there you go. The minor leagues will be playing, 648 00:39:17.409 --> 00:39:20.360 so maybe we can start up a minor league. We 649 00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:21.639 could probably do something like that. 650 00:39:23.420 --> 00:39:25.199 Yeah, we could have some fun. It's got to be 651 00:39:25.219 --> 00:39:27.039 something to talk about in the world of baseball. 652 00:39:27.780 --> 00:39:31.659 All right. So let's, we, been doing a draft over 653 00:39:31.699 --> 00:39:33.949 the last three out of four. We took last week off, 654 00:39:33.989 --> 00:39:36.659 as I mentioned, and I'm just going to review very quickly. 655 00:39:36.699 --> 00:39:39.920 First round, one, one went Pete Crow Armstrong, then Ellie 656 00:39:39.940 --> 00:39:45.800 Dela Cruz, Bobby Wood, Jr. Mizorowski, Otani, Jr. Caminario, Jackson, Cherry, 657 00:39:45.840 --> 00:39:50.750 Juan Soto, James Wood, Tarek Scooble, Fernando Tatis Jr., Jordan Alvarez, 658 00:39:50.829 --> 00:39:55.469 Corbin Carroll, Julio Rodriguez, and Cam Schlittler. Pretty good first round. 659 00:39:56.369 --> 00:39:59.670 I got a note from somebody today, where's Aaron Judge? 660 00:39:59.929 --> 00:40:01.969 Because they were just, I guess they were a little behind, 661 00:40:02.010 --> 00:40:04.070 so we're just listening to the show where we picked 662 00:40:04.090 --> 00:40:07.750 the first round. And Aaron Judge and Acuna, those cats 663 00:40:07.849 --> 00:40:11.690 go in the second round, which started off as Acuna, Abrams, 664 00:40:12.070 --> 00:40:17.750 Aaron Judge, Nick Kurtz, Connor Griffin, Ben Rice, Jackson Merrill, 665 00:40:17.889 --> 00:40:22.989 Matt Olsen, Yamamoto, Dylan Cease, Jordan Walker, Christopher Sanchez, Pete Alonso, 666 00:40:23.449 --> 00:40:28.380 Miguel Vargas, and Gavin Williams. Then coming back for the 667 00:40:28.420 --> 00:40:32.239 third round was Kyle Schwarber, Mason Miller, Paul Skeens, Gunner, 668 00:40:32.380 --> 00:40:38.280 Kate Smith, Jose Ramirez, Sal Stewart, Johan Duran, Josh Hader, 669 00:40:38.380 --> 00:40:43.559 Francisco Lindor, Louis Varlin, Chase Burns, Wyatt Lankford, Logan Gilbert, 670 00:40:43.719 --> 00:40:47.539 and Randy Orozarena. So just to give you a sense here, 671 00:40:47.559 --> 00:40:49.440 I color-coded stuff. I don't know if you saw that 672 00:40:49.460 --> 00:40:51.539 in my last update. So 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 673 00:40:51.530 --> 00:40:56.889 6 pitchers in the first three rounds. Lots of outfielders. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. 674 00:40:56.889 --> 00:40:59.650 14 outfielders in the first 45 picks. I thought that 675 00:40:59.670 --> 00:41:00.429 was fascinating. 676 00:41:15.820 --> 00:41:20.000 Outfield's going to go fast and furious. And then there 677 00:41:20.019 --> 00:41:23.920 will be a lag, I believe, and a catch-up phase. 678 00:41:23.980 --> 00:41:27.630 But there's a lot of high-end outfielders, and they deserve 679 00:41:27.670 --> 00:41:31.050 to go that high. And when you need a grand 680 00:41:31.090 --> 00:41:34.550 total in a 15-team league, when you need 75 of 681 00:41:34.590 --> 00:41:40.670 them to field an active roster for all involved, I'm 682 00:41:40.710 --> 00:41:43.960 not surprised that outfield is going as quick as it is. 683 00:41:45.139 --> 00:41:50.510 The fourth round was very heavy pitching. Zach Wheeler, Hunter Brown, 684 00:41:50.570 --> 00:41:57.650 Michael King, Bryce Terang, the first second baseman off the board, Rasmussen, 685 00:41:58.309 --> 00:42:01.360 Drake Baldwin, the first catcher off the board, Michael Harris, 686 00:42:01.400 --> 00:42:07.019 Zach Nito, Peyton Tolley, Chris Sale, O'Neal Cruz, Hunter Goodman, 687 00:42:07.079 --> 00:42:11.760 Bryce Harper, Uri Perez, and Garrett Colt. So that last 688 00:42:11.960 --> 00:42:15.380 fourth round, we had three, four, five, six, seven, eight 689 00:42:15.480 --> 00:42:16.159 pitchers go. 690 00:42:17.639 --> 00:42:22.150 Well, hey, and again, it's a situation where you're looking 691 00:42:22.210 --> 00:42:28.030 at probably six starters times 15. You're looking at 90 692 00:42:28.030 --> 00:42:31.230 starters that are going to be required. You can push 693 00:42:31.250 --> 00:42:33.789 them down a bit, but eventually they have to go, 694 00:42:34.090 --> 00:42:38.829 and go they did, if When I get back at 695 00:42:38.889 --> 00:42:45.000 the end of this week, beginning of next week, I'm 696 00:42:45.019 --> 00:42:48.010 going to... I'm going to give the NFBC ADPs. I 697 00:42:48.050 --> 00:42:50.429 think they've got them out now for their active, for 698 00:42:50.809 --> 00:42:53.829 their early leagues. So I'll give it a spy. I'll 699 00:42:53.849 --> 00:42:57.900 be curious to see how we stack up with the NFBC, assuming, 700 00:42:57.940 --> 00:43:01.059 of course, that we'll be probably a little bit late 701 00:43:01.179 --> 00:43:04.460 on the pitching, which is always predominant in the NFBC. 702 00:43:04.480 --> 00:43:07.840 Yeah, they're out there. Pete Crowe, Armstrong is one.
Shelly Otani, two. 703 00:43:08.530 --> 00:43:13.199 Bobby Green, three. Ellie DeLaCruz, four. Aaron Judge is up 704 00:43:13.280 --> 00:43:16.329 at number nine, so that's different than what we had. 705 00:43:16.349 --> 00:43:22.289 Schlittler was at 15. C.J. Abrams at 14. There's an 706 00:43:22.329 --> 00:43:25.190 interesting one. Jose Ramirez at 16. We had him a 707 00:43:25.210 --> 00:43:30.599 little later. McCune, Corbin, Carroll, Connor Griffin. They're going to 708 00:43:30.659 --> 00:43:36.500 pick closers earlier. We're seeing Mason Miller coming in at 20. 709 00:43:36.500 --> 00:43:40.670 Kate Smith at 27. Paul Skeen's at 31, so that 710 00:43:40.710 --> 00:43:43.329 was pretty much where we were as well. I don't 711 00:43:43.510 --> 00:43:48.710 see any huge surprises in there. Kevin McGonigal at 45. 712 00:43:48.710 --> 00:43:50.670 That's surprising to me. 713 00:43:51.989 --> 00:43:59.670 Kevin McGonigal at 45? Yeah. Where did we have him? 714 00:43:59.710 --> 00:44:02.309 He hasn't been drafted yet. Okay. 715 00:44:02.329 --> 00:44:05.929 Yeah, okay. That's bold. 716 00:44:06.559 --> 00:44:10.840 Dylan Cease, 52. Zach Wheeler, 56. Peyton Tolley. So we 717 00:44:10.880 --> 00:44:15.889 had them a little earlier. Bryce Harper down at 61. 718 00:44:15.889 --> 00:44:21.349 Francisco Lindor at 65. What are we missing as Francisco Lindor? 719 00:44:24.110 --> 00:44:27.280 Well, he had a bad year. You know, it wasn't 720 00:44:27.320 --> 00:44:28.320 a good year for Lindor. 721 00:44:28.340 --> 00:44:30.900 No, I mean, once he got going, he was pretty good. 722 00:44:30.920 --> 00:44:34.960 Yeah. Yeah, but he didn't get going until, what, mid-September? 723 00:44:34.980 --> 00:44:40.869 I'm just kidding. No, it wasn't a great year, but 724 00:44:41.769 --> 00:44:47.590 I'm not downshifting that much on Lindor. It will be 725 00:44:47.650 --> 00:44:54.760 interesting to see how much the NFBC folk have moved 726 00:44:54.840 --> 00:44:57.190 down on Vlad Jr. 727 00:45:02.070 --> 00:45:05.429 I'm just checking with Francisco Lindor. Francisco Lindor did hit 728 00:45:05.429 --> 00:45:08.110 21 home runs in 100 games. So he was on 729 00:45:08.150 --> 00:45:12.070 pace for, you know, for 35 home runs. What he 730 00:45:12.110 --> 00:45:13.110 did do was run. 731 00:45:13.489 --> 00:45:16.639 He only stole about three bases, I think. 732 00:45:16.679 --> 00:45:21.199 Yeah, sprint speeds at 42 percentile. Let's see if that's... 733 00:45:21.820 --> 00:45:25.199 And last season it was 48 percentile. So the speed 734 00:45:25.260 --> 00:45:29.500 is going away with Francisco Lindor. But I still think 735 00:45:29.539 --> 00:45:30.750 he hits. I. 736 00:45:31.139 --> 00:45:34.840 Yeah, he had a run of two or three 30 737 00:45:34.840 --> 00:45:39.320 stolen base seasons, didn't he, prior to last year? 738 00:45:39.320 --> 00:45:44.000 25, he hit 30. He stole 31. 24, he stole 29, though, 739 00:45:44.219 --> 00:45:47.539 at a below average sprint speed rate, though. So he 740 00:45:47.559 --> 00:45:50.940 was stealing them based on skill as opposed to raw speed. 741 00:45:51.559 --> 00:45:51.860 I don't know. 742 00:45:51.880 --> 00:45:52.820 But he is 33 now. 743 00:45:52.929 --> 00:45:53.639 Interestingly. 744 00:45:58.500 --> 00:46:00.340 So that's probably why he dropped. Okay, Timmy, let's go 745 00:46:00.400 --> 00:46:04.210 to the fifth round. I don't know who's on the clock. 746 00:46:04.230 --> 00:46:06.469 Let's see if I can figure that. I might be 747 00:46:06.510 --> 00:46:07.050 on the clock. 748 00:46:08.409 --> 00:46:11.030 I think you might be, yes. I think I took 749 00:46:11.050 --> 00:46:11.610 Garrett Cole. 750 00:46:12.849 --> 00:46:19.480 You took Garrett Cole? All right. So I'm back up. 751 00:46:21.519 --> 00:46:23.940 So we're back at the number one slot. So Pete Crowe, 752 00:46:23.960 --> 00:46:28.440 I'm sorry, Gavin Williams, Kyle Schwarber, Garrett Cole, And then 753 00:46:28.480 --> 00:46:31.000 coming in number five, so I've got Speed and Power 754 00:46:31.639 --> 00:46:34.980 with Pete Craw. I've got two starters. I've got a 755 00:46:35.059 --> 00:46:38.559 big power bat. That's a pretty good team with two 756 00:46:38.699 --> 00:46:43.409 pretty interesting pitchers there. So I can go a lot 757 00:46:43.449 --> 00:46:44.309 of directions here. 758 00:46:45.090 --> 00:46:47.710 You can pretty well head in any direction you choose. 759 00:46:47.750 --> 00:46:49.889 You could look at a closer. You could look at 760 00:46:51.090 --> 00:46:55.860 a power bat, speed. You could even look at if 761 00:46:55.900 --> 00:46:59.349 you wanted to– If you wanted to try and really 762 00:46:59.409 --> 00:47:02.289 lock up your pitching, I wouldn't recommend it, but you 763 00:47:02.309 --> 00:47:06.849 could look at a starter. Yeah. If you were somebody 764 00:47:06.869 --> 00:47:07.489 you really liked. 765 00:47:08.170 --> 00:47:14.110 We mentioned Kevin McGonigal. He might fit nicely in here 766 00:47:14.199 --> 00:47:20.559 because there could be some batting average stuff here with 767 00:47:20.579 --> 00:47:23.139 this particular team, with Pekar Armstrong. 768 00:47:23.159 --> 00:47:23.400 Mm-hmm. 769 00:47:24.070 --> 00:47:27.619 And particularly Kyle Schwarber. So you can make an argument 770 00:47:27.760 --> 00:47:29.800 of Kevin McGonigal is going to give you some batting 771 00:47:29.880 --> 00:47:33.380 average here. And a little bit of power, a little 772 00:47:33.400 --> 00:47:35.079 bit of speed. So I think I'm going to go there. 773 00:47:35.099 --> 00:47:39.739 I'm going to take Kevin McGonigal as a good fit 774 00:47:39.800 --> 00:47:44.460 for this team with some batting average wobbleness there. 775 00:47:45.599 --> 00:47:49.420 Yeah, no. Makes a lot of sense to me. I 776 00:47:49.440 --> 00:47:51.889 don't have any problems at all with that pick. 777 00:47:52.320 --> 00:47:54.340 So you're on the clock with Elie De La Cruz 778 00:47:54.400
--> 00:47:58.340 on your team, Miguel Vargas, Mason Miller, Yuri Perez. So 779 00:47:58.539 --> 00:48:03.119 one starter, closer, first baseman. You have no outfielders. One 780 00:48:03.139 --> 00:48:05.019 of the few teams that does not have an outfielder. 781 00:48:06.099 --> 00:48:12.360 Yeah. And we're probably still going to have the outfield 782 00:48:12.559 --> 00:48:20.039 situation being what it is. I'm looking at one of 783 00:48:20.119 --> 00:48:27.820 two players and I can't pass on Contreras. I got 784 00:48:27.840 --> 00:48:28.820 to head in that direction. 785 00:48:30.199 --> 00:48:31.059 William Contreras? 786 00:48:31.719 --> 00:48:33.079 William Contreras, yes. 787 00:48:35.320 --> 00:48:40.150 Contreras. Contreras. There we go. William Contreras. 788 00:48:40.170 --> 00:48:41.170 All right. 789 00:48:41.230 --> 00:48:44.769 So McGonagall's a shortstop. Why do I have color-coded a shortstop? 790 00:48:45.650 --> 00:48:50.250 So that'd be blue. Try to get too fancy here. 791 00:48:51.309 --> 00:48:57.130 And Um, William Contreras is a, is a, uh, catcher 792 00:48:57.230 --> 00:48:59.840 and I got catchers as dark blue. So he's the 793 00:48:59.880 --> 00:49:01.139 third catcher off the board. 794 00:49:01.760 --> 00:49:01.929 All right. 795 00:49:01.949 --> 00:49:04.139 That's a good pitch. I have a good pick. So 796 00:49:04.739 --> 00:49:06.260 adds a lot of power there and you get a 797 00:49:06.320 --> 00:49:08.659 really good catcher. And again, Tim and I have both 798 00:49:08.699 --> 00:49:10.360 been on record. We're going to try to get decent 799 00:49:10.400 --> 00:49:11.860 catchers into this season. 800 00:49:13.320 --> 00:49:16.579 Yep. It is definitely going to be a goal. I, 801 00:49:17.300 --> 00:49:20.940 don't want to be caught short and end up with 802 00:49:21.000 --> 00:49:27.389 two very mediocre catchers. No. You've got to have some 803 00:49:27.429 --> 00:49:31.269 power out of that position with some RBI numbers. 804 00:49:31.289 --> 00:49:34.170 So my next team is Bobby Witt Jr., Pete Alonzo, 805 00:49:34.230 --> 00:49:36.250 Paul Skeens, Bryce Harper. 806 00:49:36.389 --> 00:49:36.510 Mm-hmm. 807 00:49:36.929 --> 00:49:39.809 I'm a little leery of Paul Skeens just because of 808 00:49:39.849 --> 00:49:41.840 the tough season last year, so I think I might 809 00:49:41.880 --> 00:49:44.900 want to shorten that up. I've got huge power with 810 00:49:44.980 --> 00:49:49.119 Alonzo and Harper. Bobby Witt's good for 20. I've got 811 00:49:49.260 --> 00:49:52.559 incredible speed with Witt Jr., a little bit of speed 812 00:49:52.579 --> 00:49:55.579 with Harper, but I think I need another pitcher. Now, 813 00:49:55.619 --> 00:49:58.800 I could go with a closer, but I think I'm 814 00:49:58.840 --> 00:50:01.380 going to go pitcher there. On the top of my queue, 815 00:50:01.920 --> 00:50:10.650 Carlos Rodon, Jacob deGrom, Brian Wu, Logan Henderson, Max Freed. Boy, 816 00:50:10.909 --> 00:50:12.309 Max Freed looks pretty good there. 817 00:50:14.130 --> 00:50:19.030 Yeah, I think that would be my option. Either Freed 818 00:50:19.110 --> 00:50:22.349 or Lozardo. Yeah. 819 00:50:23.210 --> 00:50:26.190 Let's see the NFBC. They went, Lozardo was at 38 820 00:50:26.190 --> 00:50:27.670 and Freed is at 86. 821 00:50:27.670 --> 00:50:28.110 Woo. Yeah. 822 00:50:35.760 --> 00:50:42.239 I'm going to get Lizardo with the strikeouts. Yeah, I 823 00:50:42.260 --> 00:50:45.559 have Lizardo higher on my– I have Lizardo– I had 824 00:50:45.659 --> 00:50:48.010 him at 30. He was ranked 30, so that's the 825 00:50:48.050 --> 00:50:49.750 direction I'm going to go. So I'm going to say 826 00:50:50.269 --> 00:50:52.309 Rich is taking Jesus Lizardo. 827 00:50:55.849 --> 00:51:00.110 Yeah, he's slid a little bit, but I really don't 828 00:51:00.150 --> 00:51:05.380 know why. just the way it's panned out, I guess. 829 00:51:05.599 --> 00:51:07.030 That's all I can think of. 830 00:51:07.780 --> 00:51:11.400 I had William Contreras at number 45, so yes, I 831 00:51:11.420 --> 00:51:13.920 had him pretty high. I've got to get my numbers 832 00:51:13.960 --> 00:51:19.260 here right. Contreras is 62, and Jesus Lizardo is 63. 833 00:51:19.260 --> 00:51:22.570 Is that what you got? 834 00:51:24.889 --> 00:51:34.050 I've got McGonagall would be 15 for 61. For McGonigal, 62. Contreras, 63. Lizardo. 835 00:51:34.730 --> 00:51:35.809 All right, Timmy, you're on the clock. 836 00:51:35.829 --> 00:51:43.340 Okay, we're looking at... This is a team that's got 837 00:51:43.360 --> 00:51:52.389 some pitching. Mizorowski, Sanchez, Gunnar Henderson, Goodman. I think this 838 00:51:52.469 --> 00:51:59.940 team needs some speed. Definitely a bet. Maybe a closer. 839 00:52:00.019 --> 00:52:03.880 Let's just take a look and see what's available here. 840 00:52:10.949 --> 00:52:15.349 I know this is probably early, but when I look at. 841 00:52:15.389 --> 00:52:22.920 The power speed options available, I think I'm going to 842 00:52:22.980 --> 00:52:27.059 look at a New York Metropolitan that I really, really 843 00:52:27.159 --> 00:52:30.079 like a lot and move him up. 844 00:52:30.099 --> 00:52:30.840 A little bit. 845 00:52:31.679 --> 00:52:33.679 Yeah, that's where we're going. 846 00:52:33.699 --> 00:52:37.519 Tim thinks Carson. What do you think? 847 00:52:38.440 --> 00:52:38.860 Too early? 848 00:52:38.880 --> 00:52:42.699 I think too early. Okay. But let's take a look 849 00:52:42.719 --> 00:52:47.570 at the other outfields. I have Carson Benjamin be the 850 00:52:47.610 --> 00:52:51.849 top-ranked outfielder for me at this juncture. I've also got 851 00:52:51.889 --> 00:52:59.530 Roman Anthony there, Riley Green. Yeah. Yeah, you're right. Outfielder 852 00:52:59.570 --> 00:53:00.800 really thins out in a hurry. 853 00:53:02.239 --> 00:53:07.820 Yeah, and that's, you know, looking at how much you 854 00:53:07.860 --> 00:53:10.719 want to push him up, or I guess the other 855
00:53:10.760 --> 00:53:15.320 situation is how long you want to wait. Yeah. I 856 00:53:15.360 --> 00:53:19.219 just don't think he's going to be hanging around all night. 857 00:53:19.239 --> 00:53:21.420 I think he's going to be a huge spec upside pick. 858 00:53:22.679 --> 00:53:24.940 And I like the kid a lot. I think he's 859 00:53:24.980 --> 00:53:26.119 got a bright future ahead. 860 00:53:26.139 --> 00:53:32.530 Yeah, he went 63 in the NFUC, which isn't horrible. 861 00:53:33.650 --> 00:53:36.909 Okay. It's in the same roundabout area. 862 00:53:36.929 --> 00:53:42.170 Of course, and Binge. All right. So the next team 863 00:53:42.210 --> 00:53:46.070 has got Otani, Jordan Walker, Kate Smith, O'Neal Cruz. So 864 00:53:46.110 --> 00:53:48.449 there is no starting pitcher. So I got to get 865 00:53:48.489 --> 00:53:50.349 a starting pitcher for this. And this is where it 866 00:53:50.389 --> 00:53:55.699 gets a little dicey because I'm looking at, uh, Max Freed, Carson, 867 00:53:55.820 --> 00:54:01.940 excuse me, Jacob to Grom, Carlos Rodan are your top bright, 868 00:54:02.000 --> 00:54:10.530 Brian Wu, Logan Henderson. Um, Yeah, I mean, I'm fishing 869 00:54:10.570 --> 00:54:14.230 in that world, Tim. I guess Garrett Crochet. Has Garrett 870 00:54:14.250 --> 00:54:15.309 Crochet been taken yet? 871 00:54:18.690 --> 00:54:19.650 Good question. 872 00:54:20.230 --> 00:54:21.070 No, he has not. 873 00:54:21.949 --> 00:54:24.289 He has not been taken. Nope. 874 00:54:25.449 --> 00:54:27.369 So what do you do with a Garrett Crochet? 875 00:54:31.510 --> 00:54:38.440 Pray. Well, you know... After a lost season last year, 876 00:54:38.460 --> 00:54:43.239 would I personally be comfortable with him as my ace? 877 00:54:43.320 --> 00:54:50.530 Probably not. As a number two, three, there's a definite 878 00:54:51.110 --> 00:54:53.210 huge risk there. But at some point in time, he 879 00:54:53.250 --> 00:54:55.409 has to go off the board, right? Somebody's going to... 880 00:54:56.159 --> 00:54:59.159 Somebody is going to look at the risk reward, like, 881 00:54:59.179 --> 00:55:00.980 you know, looking at the teams here, would I take 882 00:55:01.019 --> 00:55:03.860 crochet as a number? Hey, if he, if he made 883 00:55:03.900 --> 00:55:06.980 it back, would I take him as a number three starter? Yeah, 884 00:55:07.000 --> 00:55:07.610 I think I would. 885 00:55:08.719 --> 00:55:11.190 But he's the number one starter for me, which is 886 00:55:11.230 --> 00:55:13.989 where I think I might take the risk here because 887 00:55:14.190 --> 00:55:17.110 I mean, I could do a max freed or Brian, 888 00:55:17.130 --> 00:55:21.269 Brian Wu's got injury concerns. So, I mean, I, without 889 00:55:21.469 --> 00:55:26.079 a starter, I think I'm, I'm leaning towards, um, Garrett Crochet. 890 00:55:27.659 --> 00:55:33.599 Yeah, or pass and then, you know, make a run 891 00:55:33.699 --> 00:55:35.800 on Parker Mezek and some of those, you know what 892 00:55:35.840 --> 00:55:38.840 I mean? Some of the number two, three and fill it. 893 00:55:38.800 --> 00:55:41.780 Up that way. I don't like Parker Mezek. 894 00:55:42.050 --> 00:55:44.250 Yeah. I've got no, I think it's the right spot. 895 00:55:45.070 --> 00:55:47.670 All right. Timmy, let's take a break and come back 896 00:55:47.769 --> 00:55:50.869 and we'll review where we are. And Tim is on 897 00:55:50.909 --> 00:55:53.500 the clock. Give him some extra time. Maybe he's going 898 00:55:53.519 --> 00:55:57.289 to pick a Japanese player. I'm assuming he will. He 899 00:55:57.329 --> 00:56:07.750 has more time to think about it. All right. So 900 00:56:08.170 --> 00:56:14.559 Kevin McGonigal, William Contreras, Jesus Lizardo, Carson Bench, Garrett Crochet. 901 00:56:14.579 --> 00:56:16.900 It doesn't have two T's. I think it's got one 902 00:56:16.940 --> 00:56:18.519 T in it. Garrett Crochet. 903 00:56:19.400 --> 00:56:19.519 Yes. 904 00:56:20.570 --> 00:56:21.550 I believe that's correct. 905 00:56:21.570 --> 00:56:25.289 Tim, you're on the clock. Junior Caminero, Dylan Cease, Jose Ramirez, 906 00:56:25.889 --> 00:56:28.889 Chris Sale. So you're wide open in terms of the 907 00:56:28.909 --> 00:56:29.809 direction you could go. 908 00:56:31.309 --> 00:56:41.159 Yeah, and you know what? I'm sort of torn here. 909 00:56:43.539 --> 00:56:47.920 Do we have Raphael Devers off the board yet? We 910 00:56:47.980 --> 00:56:50.610 do not. I don't think we do. Yeah, I think 911 00:56:50.710 --> 00:56:56.730 it's time to chase 30, 35 home runs and 100 RBIs. 912 00:56:56.789 --> 00:57:00.070 So we'll go with Raphael Devers. 913 00:57:00.110 --> 00:57:03.269 He was definitely on my short list. Was he a 914 00:57:03.329 --> 00:57:04.789 DH or first base? 915 00:57:05.929 --> 00:57:06.489 First base. 916 00:57:10.300 --> 00:57:13.000 He was definitely on my list. I think he's being 917 00:57:13.199 --> 00:57:16.219 forgotten about, and I think it's a floor of 30 918 00:57:16.219 --> 00:57:17.019 home runs. 919 00:57:18.409 --> 00:57:27.260 Yeah, I agree. When you combine him and team number one, two, three, four, five, 920 00:57:28.159 --> 00:57:34.750 team five, with Caminero and Ramirez, add Devers to that mix, 921 00:57:34.769 --> 00:57:37.190 that's a solid base for an offense, I think. 922 00:57:39.269 --> 00:57:45.079 Well, I've got a team that's pretty balanced. Jackson Chirio, Yamamoto, 923 00:57:45.119 --> 00:57:46.619 Sal Stewart, Peyton Tolley. 924 00:57:47.579 --> 00:57:47.780 Yeah. 925 00:57:48.320 --> 00:57:49.659 Nice game. I like that game. 926 00:57:50.280 --> 00:57:52.760 I might go a closer here just because, I mean, 927 00:57:52.800 --> 00:57:56.340 we're not really mimicking the NFVC, which the NFVC goes 928 00:57:56.559 --> 00:58:00.760 early with closers. So let's just go over to their 929 00:58:00.820 --> 00:58:06.199 ADPs and take a look there. Mason Miller's off the 930 00:58:06.219 --> 00:58:13.159 board at five. Duran at 10.
Louis Varlin, 13. Josh Hader, 14. 931 00:58:13.159 --> 00:58:17.960 Mason Montgomery at 15. He's still on our board. Yeah. 932 00:58:19.130 --> 00:58:24.389 David Bednar, Brian Baker. Do you trust Brian Baker? Andrew Mews. 933 00:58:24.409 --> 00:58:26.309 I mean, it's starting to get a little dicey there. 934 00:58:26.449 --> 00:58:27.289 Roll this Chapman. 935 00:58:27.369 --> 00:58:30.829 Yeah, you got Brian Baker. You got Jacob Watts. 936 00:58:32.320 --> 00:58:33.380 Like Jacob Watts. 937 00:58:34.840 --> 00:58:41.159 Chapman. Yeah, there are plenty of options, but it is thinning. 938 00:58:41.579 --> 00:58:43.920 So, they all have question marks. I mean, Mason Miller 939 00:58:43.940 --> 00:58:46.400 didn't get the job until mid-season. It was very good, 940 00:58:46.460 --> 00:58:50.010 but Does he keep the job? I don't know. I mean, 941 00:58:50.030 --> 00:58:53.389 there's the whole thing with David Bednar. Does he return 942 00:58:53.429 --> 00:58:55.630 to New York? He can be really good. He can 943 00:58:55.650 --> 00:58:59.650 be really bad. Brian Baker, can you trust the Rays 944 00:59:00.409 --> 00:59:03.920 to continue to keep him in the starter, excuse me, 945 00:59:03.940 --> 00:59:06.980 the closer role? I mean, Munoz, I guess, has been 946 00:59:07.000 --> 00:59:08.760 pretty solid. The role is Chapman's 85 years old. 947 00:59:11.690 --> 00:59:15.849 Yeah, you got to pair him with Garrett Whitlock for sure. 948 00:59:20.610 --> 00:59:22.010 I guess I go Mason Montgomery. 949 00:59:22.460 --> 00:59:22.820 I mean, so. 950 00:59:24.420 --> 00:59:27.719 I'm going to go with a closer Mason Montgomery. Do 951 00:59:27.739 --> 00:59:30.809 I feel good about it? I really don't. But I 952 00:59:31.909 --> 00:59:33.880 think the elite guys are already off the board at 953 00:59:33.920 --> 00:59:37.340 this juncture. Next group. 954 00:59:38.400 --> 00:59:44.300 Yeah, if you look at what Mason Montgomery did from 955 00:59:44.389 --> 00:59:47.829 about July on after the All-Star break, the second half, 956 00:59:47.849 --> 00:59:51.590 I think he went like six weeks without allowing an 957 00:59:51.650 --> 00:59:57.469 earned run. Yeah, I don't know because I haven't looked, 958 00:59:57.489 --> 01:00:01.300 but I would have to think that Montgomery... Posted the 959 01:00:01.400 --> 01:00:06.429 lowest ERA from a closer in the second half of 960 01:00:06.530 --> 01:00:11.030 last year. JBB was lights out. He was. 961 01:00:11.489 --> 01:00:13.429 Let's just take a look at his stat cast page, 962 01:00:13.929 --> 01:00:15.849 just in case I have to... Ooh, it's very red. 963 01:00:16.630 --> 01:00:20.710 Very good. Let's see. 964 01:00:21.989 --> 01:00:26.070 Fastball's at 98.5. I didn't realize he threw that hard. Wow. 965 01:00:26.570 --> 01:00:30.369 Yeah, yeah. If you look at his game log, like 966 01:00:30.469 --> 01:00:34.010 I said, I think he allowed runs in maybe two 967 01:00:34.130 --> 01:00:40.019 games in the second half last year. Yeah. 968 01:00:40.900 --> 01:00:42.780 Yeah, I feel a little bit better about that. 969 01:00:43.579 --> 01:00:49.480 Yeah, I would as well. I think I'd be happier 970 01:00:49.519 --> 01:00:53.570 with Mason Montgomery as compared to Brian Baker and Jacob 971 01:00:53.610 --> 01:00:55.550 Latz and Trevor McGill. 972 01:00:56.130 --> 01:00:58.320 Mason Montgomery was a failed starter, as we know, in 973 01:00:58.340 --> 01:00:59.000 Tampa Bay. 974 01:01:01.000 --> 01:01:02.119 Yeah. 975 01:01:02.179 --> 01:01:03.360 You said you want to take a look at the 976 01:01:03.400 --> 01:01:07.420 game log. Let's see here. So from the second half, 977 01:01:07.440 --> 01:01:09.719 so I'll do it from 719 or 718. 718, 142 978 01:01:09.719 --> 01:01:14.349 ERA and set with 17 saves, 31 innings. Yeah, he 979 01:01:14.369 --> 01:01:26.969 was pretty good. Yeah, big time. Yeah, if it wasn't 980 01:01:26.989 --> 01:01:30.489 for that blow up on the 26th of September, you 981 01:01:30.510 --> 01:01:34.239 eliminate that. That was late. If you eliminate that, which 982 01:01:34.280 --> 01:01:36.590 I know we can't, but just for kicks and giggles, 983 01:01:37.889 --> 01:01:46.159 that would be a, you're a 0-60. Yeah. 984 01:01:48.360 --> 01:01:51.420 Yeah, a very, very impressive second half. 985 01:01:52.469 --> 01:01:55.210 Timmy, you're on the board with Juan Soto, Matt Olson, 986 01:01:55.349 --> 01:01:59.409 Juan Duran, and Zach Nito. You need a starter, my friend. 987 01:02:00.369 --> 01:02:03.210 I need a starter in the worst of ways, and 988 01:02:03.670 --> 01:02:05.849 I think we're going to go with a southpaw. 989 01:02:07.289 --> 01:02:07.710 Max Freed. 990 01:02:07.809 --> 01:02:10.750 Oh, where are you? Max Freed, where are you hiding? 991 01:02:10.769 --> 01:02:11.500 There we go. 992 01:02:11.530 --> 01:02:13.829 He's at the very end of the list. 993 01:02:14.969 --> 01:02:20.699 Max Freed. Yeah. Yeah, you simply have to take a 994 01:02:20.719 --> 01:02:23.840 starter at this stage. If you don't have a starter, 995 01:02:24.159 --> 01:02:25.039 you've got to find one. 996 01:02:27.300 --> 01:02:33.099 Garrett Crochet with 65. Raphael Deaver's 66, and Tim takes 997 01:02:33.760 --> 01:02:36.019 with 60. Yeah, I mean, it's a solid pick. There's 998 01:02:36.260 --> 01:02:39.739 no question. Not the most exciting pick, but it's a 999 01:02:39.780 --> 01:02:40.460 solid pick. 1000 01:02:41.320 --> 01:02:43.340 Well, you're into the fifth round, and you don't have 1001 01:02:43.380 --> 01:02:47.030 a starter. Yeah, you You got to do what you 1002 01:02:47.489 --> 01:02:51.409 got to do if he's the best option. Take him 1003 01:02:51.429 --> 01:02:51.730 and run. 1004 01:02:52.929 --> 01:02:55.750 Here's the problem. The next team that I'm up with 1005 01:02:56.170 --> 01:03:00.800 is also in the same exact position. James Wood, Jackson Merrill, 1006 01:03:00.980 --> 01:03:08.840 Michael Harrison, Josh Hader. Three outfielders and a closer.
No starter, 1007 01:03:08.880 --> 01:03:09.579 no infielders. 1008 01:03:11.699 --> 01:03:17.789 Other than that, it's packed. Well, yeah, you got to 1009 01:03:17.809 --> 01:03:21.710 be looking at the starter and who you're going to be. Yeah, 1010 01:03:22.050 --> 01:03:25.889 it's starting to get a little bit. Yeah, I have 1011 01:03:27.210 --> 01:03:32.690 Sonny Gray, Freddie Peralta, Shane McClanahan, Rodon. 1012 01:03:32.710 --> 01:03:36.239 Oh, Rodon. I mean, that is tough. Did you go 1013 01:03:36.260 --> 01:03:36.739 Jacob DeGrom? 1014 01:03:36.780 --> 01:03:45.300 Yeah. That's another option, but how much can you count 1015 01:03:45.530 --> 01:03:50.820 on as far as workload is concerned for DeGrom? I 1016 01:03:51.159 --> 01:03:56.440 haven't really looked at it extensively, but I'm starting to. 1017 01:03:56.480 --> 01:03:58.619 Are we starting to look at Parker Messick? 1018 01:04:02.679 --> 01:04:05.300 I think he's got to be in the discussion, yeah. 1019 01:04:07.139 --> 01:04:10.210 So who would you rather have, Parker Messick Logan Henderson, 1020 01:04:10.409 --> 01:04:13.690 Brian Wu, Jacob deGrom. Rank those four. 1021 01:04:18.389 --> 01:04:20.730 I like Messick a lot. I like the organization he 1022 01:04:21.809 --> 01:04:31.119 pitches for. I'd probably go Messick first after that. They're 1023 01:04:31.139 --> 01:04:34.039 all so much the same. You know what I mean? 1024 01:04:34.079 --> 01:04:35.239 Yeah, yeah. Totally get it. 1025 01:04:35.280 --> 01:04:40.309 Yeah. Yeah, DeGrom could post the best numbers, but it 1026 01:04:40.349 --> 01:04:44.610 might only be 120 innings. Do you want the higher 1027 01:04:44.710 --> 01:04:50.230 ERA out of an additional 40, 50 innings? I'd probably go, 1028 01:04:50.769 --> 01:04:51.389 I'll go Messick. 1029 01:04:52.150 --> 01:04:54.309 Yeah, that's where I'm leaning. He was the highest ranked 1030 01:04:54.329 --> 01:04:58.159 guy on my list. I mean, I think what we've 1031 01:04:58.219 --> 01:05:01.280 learned here, you get into the fifth round and you're 1032 01:05:01.389 --> 01:05:07.730 taking your first starting pitcher, you're looking at Twos, low-end twos, maybe. 1033 01:05:09.050 --> 01:05:19.710 Mm-hmm. Yeah, and you look further down the board, there 1034 01:05:19.750 --> 01:05:24.469 are teams that need some starting pitching before it gets 1035 01:05:24.530 --> 01:05:27.489 back to you. You can't play around. By the fifth round, 1036 01:05:27.530 --> 01:05:30.050 if you don't have a starter, you're in trouble, I 1037 01:05:30.090 --> 01:05:30.469 would say. 1038 01:05:31.170 --> 01:05:36.909 AERA was 256. Expected ERA 315. Totally reasonable. Doesn't throw 1039 01:05:37.090 --> 01:05:40.059 incredibly hard. 94.3, but he's a lefty. You don't care 1040 01:05:40.079 --> 01:05:44.119 about that. Has a great changeup. That's his money pitch. 1041 01:05:44.179 --> 01:05:48.059 A 33% whiff rate on that. All right. I got trepidation, 1042 01:05:48.119 --> 01:05:50.820 but I'm going. I wish I had a better number 1043 01:05:50.909 --> 01:05:53.090 one starter, but I don't. I'm going Parker Mezek. 1044 01:05:55.590 --> 01:05:56.130 Fair enough. 1045 01:05:57.889 --> 01:05:59.010 Tim, you're on the clock. 1046 01:06:01.469 --> 01:06:04.250 I'm on the clock, and if I'm not mistaken. 1047 01:06:04.269 --> 01:06:09.909 Scooble, Ben Rice, Francisco Lindor, Drake Baldwin. 1048 01:06:11.480 --> 01:06:18.000 Yeah, we... We need a starter to complement Scooble, or 1049 01:06:18.039 --> 01:06:24.070 we need a relief pitcher. But speed could be a problem, too, and... 1050 01:06:25.469 --> 01:06:27.449 This team could be in for a long year. 1051 01:06:27.469 --> 01:06:31.289 This is not a Tim McCloud team. 1052 01:06:31.369 --> 01:06:35.260 Is it? No, no, definitely not. 1053 01:06:36.280 --> 01:06:39.480 But then again, you've been selecting power guys because you 1054 01:06:39.500 --> 01:06:42.519 got burned in a couple leagues with lack of power. 1055 01:06:43.559 --> 01:06:48.670 Yeah. I think I'm going to wait another round with 1056 01:06:48.730 --> 01:06:51.940 this team. and then go heavy pitching for a couple 1057 01:06:52.000 --> 01:06:57.739 rounds back-to-back and count on Scubo for big numbers. The speed. 1058 01:06:57.760 --> 01:07:08.019 He's not a personal favorite. I can't pass on Jazz 1059 01:07:08.039 --> 01:07:08.619 Chisholm here. 1060 01:07:08.639 --> 01:07:10.900 I hate Jazz Chisholm, though. 1061 01:07:11.409 --> 01:07:14.630 Yeah. Like I said, not a big fan, but at 1062 01:07:14.730 --> 01:07:19.050 the same point in time, this team needs some speed. 1063 01:07:20.019 --> 01:07:27.000 And he should deliver on that. Combined with Rice, Baldwin, Lindor. Yeah. 1064 01:07:27.989 --> 01:07:32.449 I think it's the best of a not very good situation. 1065 01:07:32.469 --> 01:07:34.630 Does that seem reasonable? 1066 01:07:35.710 --> 01:07:39.510 Yeah. Well, I mean, he's only the second second baseman 1067 01:07:39.550 --> 01:07:42.190 off the board, too. So it kind of shows you, again, 1068 01:07:42.210 --> 01:07:45.010 an early indication that second base is going to be 1069 01:07:45.789 --> 01:07:46.750 shallow again. 1070 01:07:46.769 --> 01:07:49.960 Yep. A challenge. 1071 01:07:51.360 --> 01:07:53.460 Timmy, let's take a break. Come back and finish this 1072 01:07:53.579 --> 01:07:54.300 puppy up. 1073 01:07:55.639 --> 01:07:56.260 Sounds good. 1074 01:08:01.019 --> 01:08:09.699 Commercial break in a time to cough. 1075 01:08:09.760 --> 01:08:13.840 Hit find that mute button. 1076 01:08:14.679 --> 01:08:17.420 I just, I lift the arm of my, uh, my 1077 01:08:17.460 --> 01:08:19.010 headphone up, and that does it. 1078 01:08:19.140 --> 01:08:19.520 Okay. 1079 01:08:20.510 --> 01:08:23.489 I'm on the clock with Fernando Tatis Jr., Connor Griffin, 1080 01:08:24.050 --> 01:08:30.329 Luis Varlin, and Drew Rasmussen. It's an interesting team here, right? 1081 01:08:31.729 --> 01:08:33.489 I can go in a lot of
different directions here. 1082 01:08:33.899 --> 01:08:37.420 Got an outfielder, got an infielder. Could probably use a 1083 01:08:37.460 --> 01:08:38.859 little bit more pop. 1084 01:08:39.960 --> 01:08:42.539 Yeah, pick up a power bat. You could look at 1085 01:08:42.579 --> 01:08:47.149 another starting pitcher. That wouldn't... man, hey, you could look 1086 01:08:47.170 --> 01:08:54.300 at their clothes or shore up your bullpen. Yeah, it's 1087 01:08:54.399 --> 01:09:01.319 entirely wide open in that you've only got, what, seven, 1088 01:09:01.359 --> 01:09:06.000 eight picks until it's back to you, so it gives 1089 01:09:06.020 --> 01:09:08.420 you a little bit more flexibility on the direction you 1090 01:09:08.439 --> 01:09:11.310 take now as far as backfilling in the next round, right? 1091 01:09:11.649 --> 01:09:15.550 Yeah, and everybody's got a pitcher already, and there's two 1092 01:09:15.590 --> 01:09:19.609 teams that have two pitchers coming up, so that would 1093 01:09:19.930 --> 01:09:25.050 give me some... I feel pretty good about one of 1094 01:09:25.069 --> 01:09:27.149 the three or four pitchers I'd be looking at coming 1095 01:09:27.250 --> 01:09:29.710 back to me. So I might go with a positional 1096 01:09:29.750 --> 01:09:30.329 guy here. 1097 01:09:30.350 --> 01:09:32.270 That makes sense, yeah. 1098 01:09:32.890 --> 01:09:36.380 Going that, hey, it's all about catching for me this season. 1099 01:09:37.539 --> 01:09:39.220 Who would you like catching? 1100 01:09:41.220 --> 01:09:42.880 Who would I like catching? 1101 01:09:42.899 --> 01:09:44.960 I got Ivan Herrera up next. 1102 01:09:47.420 --> 01:09:49.350 Okay, if I was looking at a catcher. 1103 01:09:49.359 --> 01:09:56.789 Shea Langlears? Gabriel Marino? 1104 01:09:56.989 --> 01:09:59.479 I'm going for a kid. I'm going for Carter Jensen. 1105 01:10:02.640 --> 01:10:03.960 Gabriel Marino's a kid, too. 1106 01:10:05.279 --> 01:10:13.520 Yeah. Yeah, Marino's solid. Yep. Jensen surprised me. He had 1107 01:10:13.539 --> 01:10:15.800 a really good second half, if I'm not mistaken. What 1108 01:10:15.859 --> 01:10:19.970 did he end up with for total home runs? Did 1109 01:10:20.010 --> 01:10:20.479 he get to 30? 1110 01:10:20.479 --> 01:10:25.569 I don't think so. Let me check here. Carter Jensen. 1111 01:10:27.430 --> 01:10:28.149 Carter Jensen. 1112 01:10:28.149 --> 01:10:28.210 27. 1113 01:10:28.189 --> 01:10:42.319 I'd probably roll a dice on the U-3 Jensen. Or 1114 01:10:42.340 --> 01:10:45.119 he could wait another round and get Sam Basaya. I'd 1115 01:10:45.159 --> 01:10:46.319 still like Sam Basaya. 1116 01:10:46.399 --> 01:10:49.579 Yeah, there's a lot to like there. Yeah. 1117 01:10:50.800 --> 01:10:52.100 Yeah, but I don't think I have to get, I 1118 01:10:52.100 --> 01:10:55.159 don't think he's, I can wait on Sam Basaya now, right? 1119 01:10:55.199 --> 01:10:57.579 Because he didn't have the greatest of seasons, so it's 1120 01:10:57.659 --> 01:11:01.760 a
ball really hard. 18 home runs, 222 batting average, 1121 01:11:01.819 --> 01:11:04.399 and nobody's going to be jumping early on Sam Basaya. 1122 01:11:05.840 --> 01:11:09.470 No, and hey, you got Vinny P and If you 1123 01:11:09.510 --> 01:11:10.250 want to, if you know. 1124 01:11:10.289 --> 01:11:11.949 I mean, what do you think about Jack? 1125 01:11:11.989 --> 01:11:14.140 What do you think about Jack? 1126 01:11:14.229 --> 01:11:15.880 I know. 1127 01:11:16.600 --> 01:11:22.020 Massive power potential, but I'm not convinced. I'm not convinced 1128 01:11:22.779 --> 01:11:25.159 that he'll be, he won't be a burden to your 1129 01:11:25.199 --> 01:11:25.819 batting average. 1130 01:11:29.899 --> 01:11:35.449 So still left on my board, Vlad Guerrero. No mention 1131 01:11:35.489 --> 01:11:36.369 of Vlad Guerrero. 1132 01:11:38.189 --> 01:11:45.970 Mm-hmm. That would be a nice potential power bat batting average. Yeah, 1133 01:11:46.829 --> 01:11:50.510 that could put that team into a really good situation. 1134 01:11:51.829 --> 01:11:55.810 He's going 10th in the NFBC. Sal Stewart, Pete Alonzo, 1135 01:11:55.850 --> 01:11:59.310 Nick Kurtz, Miguel Vargas, Ben Rice, Matt Olsen, Bryce Harper. 1136 01:11:59.729 --> 01:12:02.810 Jack Caglinone is in front of him. Raphael Devers and 1137 01:12:02.829 --> 01:12:07.829 then Vlad Jr. Caglinone worries me about his batting average. 1138 01:12:09.300 --> 01:12:14.720 And looking after that, we've got Alec Burleson, Bryce Eldridge, Amirakami. 1139 01:12:15.800 --> 01:12:18.180 And he gets a little thin. Then he pees down 1140 01:12:18.220 --> 01:12:21.420 there at 19. I'm going to go with Vlad Guerrero. 1141 01:12:22.220 --> 01:12:25.390 I'm going to suggest that he find some religion here 1142 01:12:26.369 --> 01:12:29.270 over the offseason, Tim. 1143 01:12:29.289 --> 01:12:31.729 I don't think that's a bad plan. He already had 1144 01:12:31.850 --> 01:12:34.149 eye surgery, didn't he? Yes. 1145 01:12:34.550 --> 01:12:35.630 Didn't he? I think he did. 1146 01:12:35.909 --> 01:12:36.149 Yeah. 1147 01:12:36.449 --> 01:12:36.710 Yep. 1148 01:12:36.949 --> 01:12:37.649 I believe so. 1149 01:12:37.670 --> 01:12:37.890 Yeah. 1150 01:12:39.899 --> 01:12:44.810 Vlad Guerrero it is. Timmy, you're on the board. 1151 01:12:46.289 --> 01:12:58.010 Okay. I'm just taking Vlad Jr. off the board. 1152 01:12:58.130 --> 01:13:02.329 Got Jordan Alvarez, Nick Kurtz, Chase Burns, Bryce Terang. 1153 01:13:05.810 --> 01:13:08.890 Oh, do I see any bats that make me want 1154 01:13:08.909 --> 01:13:12.970 to push pitching to the next round? Because a pitcher 1155 01:13:14.050 --> 01:13:20.310 will have to come off the board. Is there a 1156 01:13:20.489 --> 01:13:23.899 closer here? No, we got lots of power. We got speed. 1157 01:13:25.380 --> 01:13:36.729 I'm going with Jacob Lutz. Yep, Jacob Lutz. And then 1158 01:13:36.810 --> 01:13:42.510 probably come back with another pitcher. Because with Jordan and 1159 01:13:42.630 --> 01:13:47.170 Kurtz and Terang, you can probably go another pitcher and 1160 01:13:47.210 --> 01:13:51.939 then start filling in the stolen base holes. You got 1161 01:13:52.779 --> 01:14:01.899 lots of power. You there, Rich? 1162 01:14:03.840 --> 01:14:06.279 I'm here. I'm sorry, Timmy. I had my cell phone mute. 1163 01:14:07.079 --> 01:14:08.600 Oh, okay. Sorry. 1164 01:14:08.659 --> 01:14:12.939 This next team is very interesting. Corbin Carroll, Aaron Judge, 1165 01:14:13.100 --> 01:14:15.920 Wyatt Langford, and Michael King. A lot of direction to 1166 01:14:15.960 --> 01:14:17.619 go in. I have no infielders, though. 1167 01:14:19.399 --> 01:14:25.229 No infielders and basically one starter, no bullpen. So I 1168 01:14:25.270 --> 01:14:28.239 would think with the combination of Carroll, Judge, and Langford, 1169 01:14:28.270 --> 01:14:30.729 you've got to be looking at a pitcher, either starter 1170 01:14:30.750 --> 01:14:33.329 or reliever. That would be my guess. Yep. 1171 01:14:36.750 --> 01:14:40.289 I do like J.J. Weatherholt, though. Mm-hmm. 1172 01:14:42.090 --> 01:14:43.250 And for good cause. 1173 01:14:44.949 --> 01:14:46.609 Yeah, but I got to get a closer. I mean, 1174 01:14:46.640 --> 01:14:48.220 I got to get a closer on this pick or 1175 01:14:48.239 --> 01:14:50.460 the next pick. Otherwise. 1176 01:14:50.479 --> 01:14:55.779 Yeah, it's got to be happening soon, yeah. Yep. All right. 1177 01:14:56.340 --> 01:15:01.199 Aroldis Chapman. I know you don't like him. 1178 01:15:01.220 --> 01:15:02.039 Aroldis Chapman? 1179 01:15:02.880 --> 01:15:03.810 Nah. I.... 1180 01:15:06.500 --> 01:15:07.800 He's been elite, Tim. 1181 01:15:08.880 --> 01:15:10.180 But you've got to. 1182 01:15:12.460 --> 01:15:14.439 He won't pitch three days in a row. Not that 1183 01:15:14.479 --> 01:15:19.840 that many closers pitch three days in a row anyways. Yeah, 1184 01:15:19.880 --> 01:15:27.000 the limitation being is... Garrett Whitlock is going to get 1185 01:15:27.039 --> 01:15:31.439 some saves. Simply because of the age factor. And you 1186 01:15:31.460 --> 01:15:35.819 know what? If Chapman gets 25 saves, yeah, you're doing well. 1187 01:15:36.609 --> 01:15:38.250 He's a free agent, isn't he? 1188 01:15:38.670 --> 01:15:41.770 I don't think he's... No, he's... I think he signed. 1189 01:15:42.109 --> 01:15:47.430 Is he? Yeah. Yeah, I'm pretty sure he's with Boston 1190 01:15:47.449 --> 01:15:47.789 this year. 1191 01:15:49.529 --> 01:15:57.750 Is Roldis Chapman signed for 2027? Yes, you're correct. $ 13 million. 1192 01:15:58.850 --> 01:16:01.630 I feel better about Roldis Chapman now. I think he 1193 01:16:01.670 --> 01:16:08.689 gets 30 saves. I mean, yeah. Wentlock's going to get it, yes. 1194 01:16:09.770 --> 01:16:13.590 Yeah, he'll get five to eight, say. Yeah, but so what? Yeah, 1195 01:16:13.630 --> 01:16:14.470 he's still a mean man. 1196 01:16:14.510 --> 01:16:19.020 There you go. Happy about that. Timmy, you're on the clock.
1197 01:16:20.600 --> 01:16:23.100 I'm on the clock, and I'm looking at a team 1198 01:16:23.239 --> 01:16:28.760 that has a really nice one-two punch in Jay Rod, 1199 01:16:28.800 --> 01:16:33.220 CJ Abrams, Logan Gilbert, Hunter Brown. We can't be looking 1200 01:16:33.279 --> 01:16:38.640 at a starter. Well, I would say it's about time 1201 01:16:38.699 --> 01:16:40.960 that Brian Baker found himself a home. 1202 01:16:43.520 --> 01:16:45.439 Now we're starting to pick up some closers here. Yeah. 1203 01:16:47.079 --> 01:16:54.920 Yeah, we're into round five. It's interesting because with this team, 1204 01:16:54.939 --> 01:16:58.579 with J-Rod and C.J. Abrams, he's gone three pitching. He's 1205 01:16:58.619 --> 01:17:08.060 going to come back pretty... pretty active chasing some offense now. Yep. 1206 01:17:08.760 --> 01:17:11.960 I read the last pick, Tim. This team has got 1207 01:17:12.000 --> 01:17:17.640 Cam Schlittler, Zach Wheeler, Ronald Acuna, and Randy Rosarino. I 1208 01:17:17.640 --> 01:17:19.380 was going to be wanting to go with a closer 1209 01:17:19.399 --> 01:17:21.210 because I get two picks in a row here. So 1210 01:17:21.250 --> 01:17:22.409 I'm going to go somewhere else. I'm going to go 1211 01:17:22.430 --> 01:17:24.609 for my end. Let's go for an infielder. Let's take 1212 01:17:24.649 --> 01:17:26.050 a look at who we got on the board here. 1213 01:17:26.729 --> 01:17:32.699 We got J.J. Weatherill. It's El Marte. It's El Marte. Yeah, Mr. Personality, 1214 01:17:33.579 --> 01:17:34.399 Gattal Marte. 1215 01:17:34.640 --> 01:17:35.140 There we go. 1216 01:17:35.880 --> 01:17:39.149 Let's see what the NFC's got going on here. 1217 01:17:41.050 --> 01:17:44.029 Marte's probably long off the board, I would think, but 1218 01:17:44.270 --> 01:17:44.789 maybe not. 1219 01:17:46.630 --> 01:17:50.890 Let's see. Looking quickly at the guy that we haven't 1220 01:17:50.930 --> 01:17:54.949 drafted yet. Nothing is obvious, no. 1221 01:17:54.970 --> 01:17:58.229 No. Hmm. 1222 01:18:00.840 --> 01:18:03.020 Not a lot of infielders going off early. 1223 01:18:04.420 --> 01:18:13.319 No. No, definitely, definitely not. But you can go in 1224 01:18:13.579 --> 01:18:18.859 any one of a number of different directions here. Well, J.J. 1225 01:18:18.899 --> 01:18:21.420 Weather holds a second base. 1226 01:18:20.600 --> 01:18:23.520 90 seconds, so that seems a little early for him. 1227 01:18:24.399 --> 01:18:29.590 First base is already, I mean, we Jack Cagley-Nones is 1228 01:18:29.609 --> 01:18:39.859 still out there. He's gone pretty early. Shortstop is... Otto 1229 01:18:39.899 --> 01:18:43.449 Lopez is the next guy. Yeah, so there's all. 1230 01:18:46.350 --> 01:18:46.609 The. 1231 01:18:47.189 --> 01:18:49.050 Third base, Manny Machado. 1232 01:18:49.340 --> 01:18:56.899 No. When you look at it, 75-92, you know you're 1233 01:18:56.920 --> 01:19:00.159 not going to get J.J. Weatherholt coming back. If you 1234 01:19:00.239 --> 01:19:02.729 like him, I would probably take him there. And the 1235 01:19:02.789 --> 01:19:11.930 combination of Acuna, Rosarina, and Weatherholt gives you three potential 1236 01:19:11.930 --> 01:19:17.109 2020 players. Some being a little bit more considerably more 1237 01:19:17.149 --> 01:19:21.539 than 2020. That's not a bad way to build a team. Yeah. 1238 01:19:21.680 --> 01:19:25.659 Well, I'm picking JJ Weatherholt. So that's, that was my 1239 01:19:26.960 --> 01:19:29.180 initial instincts and that's where I am going. 1240 01:19:31.239 --> 01:19:34.359 I like it. I like that team a lot. Yeah. 1241 01:19:34.409 --> 01:19:37.270 There is our first five rounds of, They will be 1242 01:19:37.409 --> 01:19:39.460 in the notes, the show notes every once. So you'll 1243 01:19:39.479 --> 01:19:43.060 be able to see who all the guys that we selected. 1244 01:19:43.439 --> 01:19:46.079 And I guess maybe next week we'll start to take 1245 01:19:46.100 --> 01:19:49.560 a look at the NFPC and see how guys are 1246 01:19:49.579 --> 01:19:52.600 going there and look at it a slightly different way. 1247 01:19:52.939 --> 01:19:54.640 So let's take a break and come back and wrap 1248 01:19:54.680 --> 01:19:55.050 this up. 1249 01:19:56.380 --> 01:19:56.920 Sounds good. 1250 01:20:09.470 --> 01:20:13.409 My throat's starting to give out, so I've had enough, too. 1251 01:20:14.310 --> 01:20:20.609 Yeah, I was going to say, yeah, you're starting to 1252 01:20:20.630 --> 01:20:23.090 lose your voice a little bit, and it's time that 1253 01:20:23.149 --> 01:20:26.760 we said, no, that's enough, and you can put your 1254 01:20:26.779 --> 01:20:29.619 feet up and relax a little bit. I'm supposed to 1255 01:20:29.640 --> 01:20:30.350 go out tonight, too. 1256 01:20:32.829 --> 01:20:36.010 The, uh, we have a little jazz club, the next 1257 01:20:36.050 --> 01:20:39.369 town over Shanghai jazz club. And, uh, one of our 1258 01:20:39.409 --> 01:20:42.420 friends is a jazz quartet is playing. And so we 1259 01:20:42.439 --> 01:20:44.460 want to go see him. So I've been stuck in 1260 01:20:44.500 --> 01:20:46.260 this house for five days. 1261 01:20:46.359 --> 01:20:46.760 I'm done. 1262 01:20:46.779 --> 01:20:49.359 So I'm going to try to go out. Come hell 1263 01:20:49.420 --> 01:20:50.119 or high water. 1264 01:20:50.140 --> 01:20:52.319 You're going to take your steps out into the world. 1265 01:20:52.539 --> 01:20:55.159 And I hope you have a, a really good time 1266 01:20:55.199 --> 01:20:59.189 and get over this cold soon. My friend at the, 1267 01:20:59.710 --> 01:21:03.239 at the best of times, but, uh, So let's hope 1268 01:21:03.270 --> 01:21:08.430 you're feeling better. Uh, tomorrow morning we're going, we're going 1269 01:21:08.449 --> 01:21:11.029 to spend the night in Albuquerque and then a night 1270 01:21:11.229 --> 01:21:15.409 in Elk city, Oklahoma, a night in Kansas city, a 1271 01:21:15.449 --> 01:21:19.310 night in Northern Minnesota. And then
we'll be home Friday. 1272 01:21:21.640 --> 01:21:26.039 You know, Albuquerque is the, I don't know if you're 1273 01:21:26.060 --> 01:21:28.619 a TV buff, but one of the best shows ever 1274 01:21:28.659 --> 01:21:32.010 made is better is, um, Breaking Bad, and that's where 1275 01:21:32.029 --> 01:21:34.630 that show was shot. So I don't know if you've 1276 01:21:35.310 --> 01:21:37.550 seen that, Timmy. It's outstanding. 1277 01:21:39.109 --> 01:21:42.369 Yeah, Breaking Bad is an incredible show. I didn't know 1278 01:21:42.390 --> 01:21:43.609 it was filmed in Albuquerque. 1279 01:21:44.010 --> 01:21:47.149 Oh, it is, yeah. That's a big part of it. 1280 01:21:47.470 --> 01:21:52.720 Better Call Saul, which was a Saul was his attorney, 1281 01:21:52.729 --> 01:21:56.760 the creepy attorney. So they did a little spinoff on that. Shows, 1282 01:21:56.939 --> 01:21:59.500 not It's almost as good. I mean, nothing's as good 1283 01:21:59.539 --> 01:22:02.800 as Breaking Bad. Maybe Game of Thrones and Sopranos up there. 1284 01:22:03.260 --> 01:22:06.779 But Better Call Saul is fantastic. Also shot in Albuquerque. 1285 01:22:06.800 --> 01:22:11.680 And Pluribus, which is a new show that's out, which 1286 01:22:11.779 --> 01:22:19.770 stars the woman who was Saul's partner in Better Call Saul, 1287 01:22:20.119 --> 01:22:25.220 is also filmed in Albuquerque. Apparently... The guy who made 1288 01:22:25.279 --> 01:22:29.140 all of those shows either lives in Albuquerque or loves Albuquerque. 1289 01:22:29.359 --> 01:22:29.800 There you go. 1290 01:22:29.840 --> 01:22:34.119 Yeah, I was going to say, what is this, Hollywood? 1291 01:22:34.739 --> 01:22:35.840 Southwest, I don't know. 1292 01:22:36.159 --> 01:22:37.000 Southwest, yeah. 1293 01:22:37.420 --> 01:22:40.199 It looks like an ugly place. Sorry for all of 1294 01:22:40.319 --> 01:22:43.699 our Albuquerque listeners. It does not look like the most 1295 01:22:43.739 --> 01:22:44.539 attractive place. 1296 01:22:46.189 --> 01:22:48.729 Green is not a color you associate with Albuquerque. 1297 01:22:48.750 --> 01:22:51.229 Green is not a color. Green is not a lot 1298 01:22:51.270 --> 01:22:51.630 of color. 1299 01:22:51.949 --> 01:22:58.260 Yep. Yeah, I know. It's very high plains, deserty and yeah. 1300 01:22:59.779 --> 01:23:01.699 Well, I'm anxious for you to see the, the, also 1301 01:23:01.760 --> 01:23:04.619 the fall star games this evening. Uh, let me know 1302 01:23:04.640 --> 01:23:07.560 what you think of Weldon Francesca. See if he's chasing 1303 01:23:07.600 --> 01:23:11.369 those low fall fastballs and trying to hit everything 500 feet. 1304 01:23:11.409 --> 01:23:14.470 That's what I saw, but everything else, maybe I just 1305 01:23:14.489 --> 01:23:17.390 saw him on three bad games, but, uh, but I'm 1306 01:23:17.430 --> 01:23:18.890 anxious for you to see that. It makes you see 1307 01:23:18.909 --> 01:23:23.920 what you think of Roby and, uh, Cecina, how he's doing. 1308 01:23:24.539 --> 01:23:26.180 Let me know what you think of Zion Rose. I'm 1309 01:23:26.239 --> 01:23:27.619 assuming he'll be playing as well. 1310 01:23:28.500 --> 01:23:33.319 Yeah, I'll give you a full report next week. Back 1311 01:23:33.359 --> 01:23:36.279 home in good old Fort Francis, Ontario, Canada. 1312 01:23:37.199 --> 01:23:38.960 Tim, I hate to tell you, man, we're behind in 1313 01:23:38.979 --> 01:23:40.579 doing our prospect podcast. 1314 01:23:41.600 --> 01:23:43.539 I know. We've got some work to do, don't we? 1315 01:23:43.739 --> 01:23:47.130 Tuesday, we'll be done the American League Central. So we've 1316 01:23:47.170 --> 01:23:49.470 got 10 of them out already. So we've got two 1317 01:23:49.529 --> 01:23:50.189 divisions out. 1318 01:23:53.149 --> 01:23:54.960 I have some work to do when I get home 1319 01:23:55.020 --> 01:23:55.960 is what you're saying, right? 1320 01:23:55.979 --> 01:23:57.319 You've been gallivanting, man. 1321 01:23:58.260 --> 01:24:01.100 I know. Slacker. Slacker. 1322 01:24:03.050 --> 01:24:06.329 All right. Safe travels. Enjoy the game tonight. We'll talk 1323 01:24:06.350 --> 01:24:07.090 to you on Sunday. 1324 01:24:08.010 --> 01:24:11.319 Be safe, be well, and we'll catch you all next week.
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